Probe alleged links of Udaipur accused with BJP: Congress to NIA

In a letter to NIA Director General Dinkar Gupta, Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra said Attari had regularly been attending programmes of the BJP. “Photographs of him with the BJP MLA from Udaipar and senior leader Gulab Chand Kataria went viral on social media. According to the media, Attari was an active member of the BJP,” he wrote. Also mentioning Talib, Dotasra has told the NIA chief that such reports (of their alleged links to the BJP) have perturbed the people of the country and that, to dispel doubts, the NIA should expand the ambit of its investigation.

Addressing a press conference, Congress media department chairman Pawan Khera accused the BJP of showing a “disturbing willingness to flirt with anti-national forces” and said the two incidents in the past week have exposed the BJP’s “double-face”.

“It is shocking that the BJP, a party that loses no opportunity to preach to Indians about nationalism, has members and office-bearers who are deeply implicated in violent anti-national activities,” Khera said.

Khera also took a swipe at the BJP over its “atmanirbhar” slogan. “To stay in the mainstream, to come in the mainstream, how many fringe elements do you have? Nupur Sharma belongs to you, Riyaz Attari belongs to you, Talib Hussain belongs to you, it’s a truly atmanirbhar party, self-sufficient.