‘SAFFRONISING ISI’

THE CONGRESS in MP has accused the right-wing Hindutva brigade of attempting to “saffronise” Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The Opposition party was making a mockery of the ruling BJP in the wake of the exposure of alleged links of some saffron activists with the recently-busted espionage ring run by the ISI in MP. “The revelation on some saffron activists’ involvement in the espionage racket promoted by the ISI indicates the Sangh’s design to saffronise the Pak spy agency,” a Congress spokesman in MP quipped. At least two of the 11 accused in the espionage racket have allegedly been found to be associated with the saffron outfit. While Dhruv Saxena had been one of the key members in the IT cell of the BJP, as per allegations by the Congress, local VHP leader in Satna, MP, Ashish Singh Rathore, was said to be an associate of Balram Singh, the reported mastermind of the ring.