DIGVIJAY 2LST

Digvijay utilised the opportunity to attack the
Maharashtra Home Minister as also the RSS and the BJP which
had targeted him on the issue. He also claimed that bomb
blasts in the country have stopped after the arrests of "RSS-
affiliated people" in the Malegaon blast case by Karkare.
"What is the reason that blasts have virtually stopped in
recent months except the German Bakery blast in Pune and the
recent one in Varanasi after the arrests in Malegaon case," he
said, seeking a probe by the National Investigation Agency
(NIA) into all terror-related cases.
In a letter to Patil, he said, "I am very pained by the
statements made by you and the Mumbai Police. I request you to
make a public apology or express regret".
The Congress leader expressed anguish that these
statements were used by the media to prove him false and
declare him a "liar". "If you or Mumbai Police had properly
examined the number of Maharashtra ATS, you would not have
given such a statement."
Congress had earlier distanced itself from Digvijay's
statement, saying the matter was "a conversation between two
individuals".
Raising doubts over his claims, Patil had then said there
was no existence of any record of the purported telephonic
conversation between the Congress leader and Karkare.
At the press conference today, Singh made it clear that
Mumbai terror attacks and threats to Karkare were two separate
issues and should not be mixed.
"I saw no conspiracy in 26/11. Only Pakistani terrorists
were involved in the act and there is no doubt in that." The
other issue was that Karkare had arrested "RSS-affiliated
people" in the Malegaon blast case after which BJP and RSS
leaders had brought allegations against him, he said.
He alleged that those arrested in the murder of RSS
activist Sunil Joshi were only "foot soldiers of the RSS" who
carried out the killing for which the orders came from
"above." He said that since police in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh
"cannot investigate" the case, it should be transferred to a
central agency.
Quoting from the chargesheet of the Malegaon blast case,
he alleged that all the accused were there in a function at
Swami Aseemanand's Shabari Dham in Gujarat in which then RSS
chief K S Sudarshan and incumbent Mohan Bhagwat were also
present. He wanted Home Minister P Chidambaram to inquire into
the bank accounts of Shabari Dham and Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram
and probe into the issue of who were their principal donors.
He also asked why BJP feels "pain" when these people are
arrested. "If there is proof against them, why BJP launches a
campaign in their support in the whole country?" PTI