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Modi funding Sadhvi's NGOs: Digvijay

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Milind Ghatwai

Posted: Nov 03, 2008 at 0920 hrs IST
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Bhopal, November 3: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Sunday alleged that Sadhvi Pragya Singh and her family prospered in Surat because the NGOs she runs there receive funds from the Narendra Modi Government. So much so that the Sadhvi had campaigned for Modi in the last elections.

“It’s a matter of investigation as to how a poor family from Bhind relocated to Surat to improve its financial condition and managed to prosper within such a short time,” said the former CM of Madhya Pradesh. It should also be probed if the Sadhvi had a role in planting the bombs that were recovered from Surat soon after the Ahmedabad blasts, he added.

“Violence has always been part of the RSS culture,” he alleged, adding that around a hundred organisations draw their strength from the parent body and its ideology.

“Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination by Nathuram Godse was the first act of terrorism because it was born out of ideology. It’s the same ideology that is behind the recent spate of violence,” he said in what was the Congress’s strongest attack yet on the Sangh Parivar and the BJP since the arrests of the Sadhvi and her associates in connection with the Malegaon blasts. “Everytime the BJP is in trouble, there are blasts. It’s an uncanny coincidence,” he insisted.

The Congress general secretary released a copy of the court complaint against him after he accused the RSS of training its cadres to make bombs. He first made the allegation in 2003 and repeated it on several occasions, citing evidence and stuck to his stand even though the rest of the Congress leadership appeared to avoid its mention.

Singh released the court complaint and his reply only to underscore his position that he was not surprised by the recent arrests of the Sadhvi and others. According to him, an RSS activist had been killed while making a bomb in Neemuch way back in January 1993. One of the accused in the case was arrested 10 years later when he was teaching at Saraswati Shishu Mandir.

Singh said he had appealed to the Centre to ban the RSS and other allied organisations, but it did not endorse it and proscribed only SIMI. He claimed he was the first CM to demand a ban on SIMI.

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Digvijay's Congress by Pardeep on 03 Nov 2008

Only the Cong men have the right to get rich. Anybody else going upward is unpalatable to these cons. And secularism is how they define. No body can be a secularist without getting a certificate from likes of Digvijay.

digvijay needs psychiatric treatment by sarma on 03 Nov 2008

this is height of nonsence.the former Madhya predesh CM who has animal mentality says assam blasts, parliament attacks etc are not co incidence and occur when BJP is in trouble.even after the islamic jihadis confirmed and afzal guru convicted by SC judge.truely said keep the indians uneducated to make them zombies

RSS Terorrism by Water on 03 Nov 2008

Why the secular people of this country not raising their voice to ban RSS. RSS is terorrising all over India to come to power and to change India as a Hindu country. If secular minded peopole want India as a Secular Country then you should protest to RSS henious and dirty work to come to power , you people should stop them to further their move.

Modi funding Sadhvi’s NGOs, says Digvijay by DS Tomar on 03 Nov 2008

Since dethroning of Chief Ministership, Mr. Digvijay Singh speaks anything whichever he likes. Rember his last two years statements it will be most amused one! In the past he even challenged the very existance of Sri Ram and then backtracked it. Anyway LAGE RAHO ....

DIVIDE AND RULE TACTIC OF CONGRESS by Renjith Nair on 03 Nov 2008

Digvijay, it is your impotent and useless government at the centre to be blamed for the growing terrorism in this country.Like in British-raj era , congress thought to divide and rule this country for long.There is a limit.we are fed up.You sit in your luxury and keep on appease.Tell us,were you able to punish a single culprit in the long running terror strikes in this country? What about afzal guru? You are good for nothing.Sadly, there is no shortage for you like politicians in this country and that is a curse on this nation.

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