Malegaon blast: UPA govt. coined term 'saffron-terror' tarnishing entire community

New Delhi: Asserting that there should be no interference at any level in the handling of the Malegaon blast case, the government on Friday accused the former UPA regime of coining slogans like 'Hindu-terror and saffron terror' which tarnished the entire community.

"We found earlier that the UPA government has pressurised and influenced certain government on the basis of political motivated campaign by coining wrongful slogans like Hindu-terror of saffron terror which tarnished the whole community," Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju told ANI.

He added that the Congress had by giving a communal tinge to the entire issue managed to take the case into one direction which was a strong religion connotation and has 'done a lot of damage to the country'.

"What our government is doing is that the investigative agencies have been given absolutely freedom to take action on the basis of available circumstances and evidences and as per the direction of the court," Rijiju said.

Meanwhile, the National Investigative Agency filed a chargesheet in the case in a special court.

Earlier today, the NIA did not name Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur as an accused in its chargesheet which sets the stage for her early release from jail.

However, Colonel Prasad Purohit, another key accused, remains to be a key accused in the chargesheet to be filed by NIA.

The state ATS had chargesheeted 12 alleged 'Hindu extremists', including Lt. Col. Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, in the case.