Maharashtra Congress chief Harshavardhan Sapkal said that it was the government’s responsibility to punish the guilty. Maintaining that his party sees no colour in terrorism, irrespective of what the ruling side is claiming, Sapkal said, “We demand justice to the victims of Mumbai train blasts and Malegaon blasts. It is the responsibility of the government to punish the guilty. We in the Congress party attach no colour to any act of terrorism.”
Adding that it was the failure of the NIA which is working under Union Home Minister Amit Shah, former Maharashtra CM and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said, “I will not use the word ‘innocent’… They are acquitted because evidence was not presented. Whose responsibility is this?… It is important to note that the initial case was fought by the Maharashtra ATS. Is Devendra Fadnavis saying that those officials of Maharashtra ATS did it (arrests of accused) purposely?” Chavan also asked whether Fadnavis will now take action against those officials.