'Hindu terror' Congress conspiracy: BJP

The BJP said on Thursday that the Congress manufactured the theory of "Hindu terror" when in power to stop the rise of Narendra Modi, the then Gujarat chief minister, and to appease its Muslim voters, as it welcome the acquittal of seven accused in the Malegaon blast case. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad demanded that the discharged accused, former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, should be compensated, and the prosecution apologise for allegedly using torture and planting evidence to frame them. "The Congress can go to any extent to appease its vote bank. This case was a well-calculated conspiracy of the party for sheer vote bank politics," he said, calling it a historic day.He cited a 2010 Wikileaks cable claiming Gandhi told the US ambassador that “extremist Hindu groups can be more dangerous than the terror outfit LeT”. "The Congress leader's claim has fallen flat, and it is he who is running away from truth," said Prasad, demanding apologies from both Rahul and Sonia Gandhi.

P Chidambaram brought up the issue of what he called 'Saffron Terrorism', while addressing the annual conference of DGPs and IGPs on August 25, 2010.

It was Sushil Kumar Shinde, who, as Union Home Minister, talked about 'Saffron Terrorism' as well.

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Nearly 17 years after a blast in Malegaon killed six people, a special Mumbai court acquitted all seven accused, including Thakur and Purohit, citing "no reliable and cogent evidence" against them. In 2008, it was a Congress-NCP coalition that was in power in the state. The Congress-led UPA was in power at the Centre.