BJP flays Digvijay over ‘Hindu terror’

New Delhi, June 20: The BJP on Wednesday demanded “sacking” of Congress leader Digvijay Singh from the party over his remarks about Hindu terrorists and their links to the RSS, and asked why did the opposition party's chief Rahul Gandhi take Hindus for granted.

Hitting out at the Congress and Mr Singh, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the Congress was resorting to its politics of appeasement ahead of the Madhya Pradesh assembly election later this year and the Lok Sabha polls next year.

“Madhya Pradesh assembly elections are around the corner, and the senior Congress leader and the party's coordination in charge of the state has spoken against Hindus, he talked about Hindu terrorists and RSS. The party has started the politics of appeasement ahead of the assembly election,” Mr Patra said.

Asserting that this statement of Mr Singh should not be seen in isolation, Mr Patra said it was the “core agenda” of the Congress. The Congress always talks about saffron terrorists, speaks against Hindus and practise politics of appeasement.

Citing similar statements made by other Congress leaders in the past, the BJP spokesperson said making statements against Hindus had been the strategy of the opposition party and it had always been unapologetic about it.

“We don’t want apology, we demand Congress leader Digvijay Singh be sacked from the party. He pointed finger at millions of Hindus, denigrated them and called them terrorists,” the BJP leader said.