BJP Wants Congress to Apologize Over Malegaon

The Congress had alleged that the accused were let off because of their closeness to the RSS.

• Dismissing Congress’s allegations that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) was interfering in the 2008 Malegaon blast case to give ‘clean chits’ to the accused, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that the main opposition party should apologise to the nation for its act.
  
  
• The Congress had alleged that the accused were being let off because of their closeness to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). It urged the Supreme Court to take into its custody the charge sheet, official files, notings and other relevant documents in the case to ensure justice.
  

• On the other hand, the BJP stated that the Congress was frustrated and was trying to divert the attention of the people from corruption cases like AgustaWestland.
  

Political comments are not evidence. Law acts on evidence. In the Malegaon case, it was the court which lifted Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime (MCOCA) Act for lack of evidence. In the Samjhauta Express and Malegaon case, they arrested the alleged accused but there was no evidence against them. 

Srikant Sharma, National Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party 

• Accusing the Congress of having double-standards, the BJP leader said the opposition parties were silent when eight Muslims were also discharged by the court in the Malegaon blasts recently.
  
  
• The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge sheet against 10 and dropped Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and five others from the list of the accused in the Malegaon case.
  
  
• Charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) were dropped against all accused including Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit.