Need for narco-test of Congress’ brain: BJP

Asked if he had any particular Congress leader in mind, Naqvi said, “Yeh andar ki baat hai (this is an internal matter)”.

Naqvi accused the Congress-led UPA government of conspiring to declare Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs as terrorists.

“Congress tried to label Sikhs as terrorists in the 1980s. This resulted in a ten-year political exile for the Congress. Today, the same face of the Congress has come to the fore,” Naqvi said.

He said the Congress was not even sparing the Defence forces and suspecting its involvement in terror acts. “Nobody from the Congress has said anything in defence of the armed forces since the Malegaon blasts case investigations began,” he said.

Listing other ‘communal acts’ of the Congress, the BJP said it had opened the locks of the disputed Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid structure to whip up communal sentiments. Then it acted in a partisan manner in the Shah Bano case by passing a legislation in Parliament to overturn a court judgement in favour of maintenance for Bano.

The BJP leader said the Congress was now playing the same game while dealing with terrorism. “Congress is using the term Hindu terrorism to polarise votes thinking they will gain minority votes in the process. Earlier, they were trying minority appeasement while fighting terrorism. In the end they will be neither here nor there,” Naqvi said.

He alleged that the Maharashtra ATS was being used by the Congress. “Details of the narco-test are given to the press before they are placed in court. This is part of a political conspiracy,” he said.