"It is a stupid argument. Pakistan had been funding these outfits so please desist from helping enemies of the country.... Too much of tweeting will lead to quitting," BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu told reporters here.
"Indian Mujahideen was formed after Gujarat riots, says NIA in its chargesheet. Even now BJP and RSS will not desist from their communal politics?. This (2002 riots) was the reason behind creation of Indian Mujahideen. If they foresake their communal politics, outfits like IM will cease to exist," Ahmed said on microblogging site Twitter.
To a query on China's alleged attempts to encroach on Inidan territory, Naidu said "After the talks, the Chinese agreed to go back and so did the Indian side. India has agreed to withdraw from India?," he asked.
Asked to state BJP's stand on FDI in the defence sector, he said government should first announce the cap in the sector and that nothing could be said now.
"With regard to FDI in pension and insurance sectors, we will support the Standing Committee of the Finance Ministry and not the government," he said.
Despite "direct evidence" in the case of former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the railway bribery case, CBI had not been able to arrest the Congress leader, he said.
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