Never opposed ban on PFI as claimed by Amit Shah, BJP fought polls with it: Digvijaya Singh
The Hindu
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s allegation that he had opposed the ban on the Popular Front of India.
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on April 27 rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s allegation that he had opposed the ban on the Popular Front of India and instead accused the BJP of contesting polls in Karnataka in alliance with PFI’s political unit.
Mr. Singh, the Congress candidate from Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh, also countered Mr. Shah’s allegation concerning the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), saying he had banned the outfit when was MP’s chief minister.
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Addressing a rally in Khilchipur under Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat on Friday, Mr. Shah had accused Mr. Singh of opposing the ban on PFI and the capital punishment for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru besides using the term ‘bhagwa aatankwad [saffron terror]”.
Mr. Singh said Mr. Shah took his name 17 times and spoke lies about him eight times.
Mr. Singh wrote on X that Mr. Shah had claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi included personal loans for Muslims in their party manifesto on his advice.
But the fact is that there is no mention of “Muslim personal loan” in Congress’ manifesto, said Mr. Singh, asserting that he had never used the term “bhagwa aatankwad” as claimed by Shah.
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