Digvijay justifies remarks
AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday justified his latest remarks on slain Mumbai police cop Hemant Karkare by claiming that Muslims were blamed for most of the terror incidents in the country before Karkare initiated inquiry into the Malegaon blasts.
Explaining the reasons why he had said that “Karkare is a martyr, he was like a God to Indian Muslims,” Mr Singh asserted: “I meant to say that the police officer was proving to be saviour of Muslims. Before he began investigation into the Malegaon blast, for every terror related incident Muslims used to be blamed.”
Releasing a book 26/11 an RSS conspiracy in Mumbai on Monday, the AICC general secretary had claimed that Karkare was “like a God” to Indian Muslims.
While clarifying that he had never expressed doubts about Karkare being killed by Pakistani terrorists, the Congress leader reiterated that the police officer was “under immense pressure from the RSS, Shiv Sena and BJP as they questioned his integrity and credibility”.
Meanwhile, reacting to Mr Singh’s assertion, the BJP said that the senior Congress leader’s stand on Hindu terror would “weaken” India’s efforts in the international arena to combat the menace.
Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said, Mr Singh will soon learn about the impact when people will react to his remarks about “Hindu terrorism”.
Even Mr Singh’s own party, the Congress, officially distanced itself from his assertion.
Reacting on the issue, AICC spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed said, “No matter how great a person is, you can not equate him with the God.”
He, however, maintained that Mr Singh used those words only as a proverb to prove a point. “There was nothing more or less than this,” he asserted.
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