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Oppn calls Rajnath’s bluff
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja on Sunday questioned Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s claim that the JNU event about Afzal Guru had the support of LeT chief Hafiz Saeed.
HM’s Hafiz statement
BJP defends him, says comments based on inputs from ‘different agencies’
New Delhi: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and Left leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja on Sunday questioned Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s claim that the JNU event about Afzal Guru had the support of LeT chief Hafiz Saeed.
Earlier in the day, Rajnath had said a programme that allegedly praised Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University had the support of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed.
“The incident (Afzal event) at JNU has received support from Hafiz Saeed. This is a truth that the nation needs to understand,” Singh told reporters in Allahabad, adding, “What has happened is very unfortunate.” His comments came two days after a series of tweets, purportedly by Saeed, had appeared under a hashtag asking Pakistanis to support the agitation in JNU.
Reacting to the Singh’s claim, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the Home Minister has to come out and share the evidence he has with the country to back up his “serious allegation”.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that “This is a very serious charge levied against students of well reputed university. This is for the first time that the Union government, within a month, is dubbing the University students as anti-nationals.”
In a series of tweets, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said it is a “very serious charge” to level against the students and that the evidence must be shared with all. CPI leader D Raja also demanded that the evidence be made public.
Meanwhile, defending Rajnath Singh’s statement, BJP’s Sudhanshu Trivedi wondered why people were acting like spokesperson of a terrorist. He was quoted as saying: “Instead of showing unity against anti-national forces, why are people posing as spokesperson of a terrorist.
Technically, by which sources & on what basis govt decides to something isn't a subject of public debate. Technically, this subject has no basis & totally inappropriate.
Politically it is unfortunate & condemnable." Rajnath Singh's statement that the JNU event had received "support" from terror outfit LeT founder Hafiz Saeed was based on inputs from "different agencies", a Home Ministry spokesperson said.
"Statement of the Home Minister is based on the inputs available from different agencies," a Home Ministry spokesperson said without elaborating.
