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Congress wants BJP leaders to come clean

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NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party to come clean on the links of its leaders including president Rajnath Singh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan with Sadhvi Pragya Singh, accused of involvement in bomb blasts in Malegaon and else

where.

“The BJP [should also tell] as to whether the party itself, which has for long been speaking against terrorism, is not actually a part of the problem and involved with known terrorists such as Pragya Singh,” party spokesperson Jayanti Natarajan said here.

She said the BJP, which proclaimed loudly on how to take a strong stand against terrorism, now stood exposed along with its sister organisations in the Sangh Parivar of direct links with terrorists.

Ms. Natarajan said the BJP should inform the country on the exact nature of involvement of its leaders with Pragya Singh as clearly evident from the photographs, which show her in close conversation with these leaders.

The Congress charged the BJP with using its links with those accused of terrorism to polarise votes on communal lines and thereby gain political advantage. It also said it would like to highlight the “deafening silence” of the party leaders on this issue and called upon them to give the country a proper explanation.

The party also said the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence should probe the sources of “considerable” funds that have gone to Pragya Singh and her companions.

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