Author: IANS
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: November 23, 2008
URL: http://dailypioneer.com/136370/RSS-rubbishes-ATS-'plot'.html
That Hindu 'ultras' planned to kill RSS leaders
is ridiculous: LKA
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) Saturday
defended its senior leaders Mohan Bhagwat and Indresh Kumar, whose names have
reportedly cropped up during the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) probe into the
Malegaon bomb blast, and accused the Government of misleading people to hide
its failures.
The RSS was reacting to media reports that,
quoting ATS sources, said Lt Col Prasad Purohit, an accused in the Malegaon
blast case, suspected RSS general secretary Bhagwat and national executive
member Indresh Kumar of having been bought over by Pakistan's spy agency ISI.
The reports said Purohit, the first serving
Army officer to be accused of terrorism, allegedly conspired to kill the two
RSS leaders for not not doing enough to advance the cause of Hindutva.
Indresh is in charge of the Rashtriya Muslim
Manch of the RSS.
"Indresh is a senior and dedicated worker
of the RSS. All allegations against him are false and in bad taste,"
senior RSS leader Madan Das told reporters at a Press conference here while
denouncing the allegations.
He also criticised the ATS investigation team
for leaking controversial findings of the investigation and said: "It
is important that ATS further investigates this.
"If any such information comes to the
government, it should take necessary action but the government has made no
such move," Das added.
"What we objected to and continue to
do so is the campaign that there exists something called Hindu terror vis-a-vis
jehadi terror. The purpose of this campaign is to support, if not justify,
the actions of jehadi terrorists and hide the failure of the government in
combating terrorism.
"We want to alert the Government, political
parties and the media that playing politics on issues of terrorism would be
dangerous for the country's security and integrity," he added.
The ATS has arrested 10 people, including
two Hindu religious leaders, for their alleged role in the September 29 blast
that claimed six lives.
Vidisha: Addressing an election meeting here,
BJP leader L K Advani said the ATS had made a ridiculous accusation by claiming
that the sadhvi's associates were planning to kill RSS leaders.
Internal security is a serious matter and
all cases related to terrorism should be investigated professionally, Advani
said. But the ATS, he added, was making information public and this was being
used for political advantage by the Congress. "I have raised the issue
with the PM which is related to the affidavit of sadhvi in which she has made
very serious allegations against ATS. NSA told me that the allegations are
being probed," he added. Advani expressed surprise at MCOCA being applied
on the sadhvi and objected to the use of the term "Hindu terror".
