Raking up the 2004 Ishrat Jahan case again, the BJP on Monday accused the Congress of having underplayed “a terror plot” against then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi because it was “mortified” of fighting hi
Raking up the 2004 Ishrat Jahan case again, the BJP on Monday accused the Congress of having underplayed “a terror plot” against then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi because it was “mortified” of fighting him politically. The attack came after a media report said that then home minister P. Chidambaram had signed the first affidavit in the encounter case, which he had reportedly denied earlier. Hitting back, Mr Chidambaram said that the BJP was ignoring the “real” issue of the “fake” encounter.
Attacking Mr Chidambaram and the then UPA government, Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman said: “You underplayed a terror plot that could eliminate (Mr Modi). You are clearly admitting that you cannot fight this politically. So eliminate or allow to eliminate or encourage elimination of the leader who you are mortified of fighting politically... We (Congress) do everything possible in our hand to make sure that we make it appear that he is against some section, projected as if there is no terror threat against him.”
Maintaining that he cannot comment on the issue of the first affidavit without perusing the files and notings, he said the second affidavit was filed in the case after thorough consultation with the then home secretary and attorney-general. “My public statements on why the second affidavit was filed after due and full consultation with the home secretary and the attorney-general are self-explanatory,” he said.
