BJP hits back at Digvijay's remarks on Bodhgaya blasts

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 08 2013 | 10:30 PM IST
BJP today hit back at Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh's remarks on Bodhgaya serial blasts issue, alleging he has a habit of "politicising and communalising" terrorism and showing softness towards the menace.
Digvijay Singh had tweeted "Amit Shah promises a Grand Temple at Ayodhya. Modi addresses Bihar BJP workers and asks them to teach Nitish a lesson. Next day Bomb Blasts at Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya. Is there a connect? I don't know."
"Digvijay Singh's record of politicising and communalising terrorism is too well-known. He publicly declared in Azamgarh that the Batla House terrorists were innocent," BJP'S Deputy Leader in Rajya Sabha Ravi Shankar Prasad told PTI.
Prasad's party colleague Murli Manohar Joshi dismissed Digvijay Singh's suggestion that there may be a connection between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's call to party workers to teach his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar a lesson and a blast taking place in Bodhgaya the next day.
"Digvijay Singh has the habit of seeing things where they are not. The Bodhgaya blasts should be taken seriously. This poses a danger to the cultural and religious ethos of India. It is a serious attack on the country where a place of peace and non-violence has been targeted," Joshi told reporters here.
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First Published: Jul 08 2013 | 10:30 PM IST

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