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‘Saffron Terror Narrative Fail Flat’: BJP Corneers after Congress, Malegaon Blast, apologizes. Bharat News

New Delhi: In a series of coordinated statements, BJP leaders said to the Congress and its allies, claiming that the 17 -year case was conducted by political vengeance, aimed at defaming Hindu saints and nationalists.Seventeen years after a bomb exploded in a motorcycle in Malegaon, six people were killed and more than 100 injured, on Thursday, a special NIA court acquitted all the seven accused, including BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit. The court said that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond a proper suspicion and cited the absence of “coonant and reliable” evidence.The court directed the Maharashtra government to pay Rs 2 lakh to the families of those killed and Rs 50,000 to the injured.BJP, Slam Congress for the story ‘Hindu Terror’Reacting to the verdict, top BJP leaders accused the Congress -led UPA government of creating a “Hindu terror” story to target political opponents. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Said that the police worked under pressure during the UPA rule and demanded an apology from the Congress.He said, “The fake Hindu terrorist narrative set by the UPA for minority appeasement was revealed by the order of the court,” he said. “The Congress should apologize to the acquitted accused and the entire Hindu society.”Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Echoed the spirit. “The verdict proves that there is no such thing as Hindu terror,” he said. “There can be no Hindu terrorist by philosophy.”Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde The verdict was called “slapping on the face of those who called it saffron terror” and claimed that it was a conspiracy to discredit Hindutva. “Innocent people were imprisoned for 17 years,” he said.BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad It was alleged that the entire case was “a Congress conspiracy to spread the Hindu terrorist principle”. He said in a press conference, “Colonel Purohit fought against terrorists in Kashmir, and was implicated. Sadhvi Pragya could not even walk even after torture. All this was for vote-bank politics,” she said in a press conference.Former Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das The verdict is called “slapping on Congress rapes”, posting on X: “Congress and its allies should respond to maligning Hindus and immense harassment for innocent people.”BJP MP Nishikant Dubey Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent Rajya Sabha statement: “A Hindu cannot be a terrorist. All the terrorists of this country have only one religion. The Congress pollutes the discourse with ‘Saffron Terrorism’. Now it is clear, the real criminals were caught anytime because the attention was on blaming Indians instead of Pakistani terrorists.”BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi Said, the word ‘Hindu terror’ was coined with political objectives. Rahul Gandhi and the Congress ecosystem gave an explanation to reduce a full confidence. ,Shahzad Poonwal, BJP spokespersonAccused the Congress of campaigning for lies. “This decision is not just a legal consequence, it is a political and moral victory against those who used Malegaon to incite nationalists. Congress should tender an unconditional apology,” he posted on X.East Madhya Pradesh CM Uma Bharti Recalling the alleged torture, BJP MP Sansi Pragya Singh Thakur ended during her jail time. Bharti said, “When she was in a nashik jail, a police officer told me how she was tortured. I met her when no one else did. I cried. What she was doing, she should never face any woman,” Bharti told Annie.Bharti accused the Congress leaders, including P Chidambaram, Digvijay Singh and Rahul Gandhi, as well as the leaders of the Left and Samajwadi Party, of promoting and promoting and promoting the “saffron terror” tag. He said, “I want to ask what punishment they deserve to pursue this story? Extraordinary action should be taken against them.”Social media also saw a hurry to support for the acquitted support, in which BJP supporters gave a tendency to the sentiments of the BJP by using a hashtags such as #SafffronterRlorLies and #Malegaonverdict.Owaisi Question Investigation, Decision is called ‘disappointing’AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi criticized acquitted, alleging that the investigation was deliberately weakened. He said, “Six prayers were killed and around 100 were injured. He was targeted for his religion,” he said in a post on X. He also asked whether the state would appeal for a decision in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts.Owaisi blamed the Modi government for making the member of Parliament a “terrorist accused” and questioned former prosecutor Rohini Salian for “being soft” on the case. “Will NIA/ATS officers be held accountable for their faulty investigation?” He asked.Congress defends records, there is no religion of terrorSenior Congress leader Digvijay Singh replied that terrorism should not be linked to any religion. “Neither a Hindu can be a terrorist, nor a Muslim, Sikh or Christian,” he said. Singh dismissed the allegation that the Congress coined the word “Hindu terror” and said that the BJP was wrongly blaming the party.Congress MP Amarinder Singh Raja Waring also said, “We ever let the terrorists go? The Congress lived its life for the unity and integrity of the country.”The accused speaks, accusing them of political conspiracyIn 2017, accused Shyam Sahu claimed that the matter was part of the Congress conspiracy to ugly Hindus. He said, “When I was in jail, my brother died of a heart attack during the hearing. My family can never compensate for that loss,” he said that justice was finally served.The victim’s lawyer plans to challenge BariThe lawyer representing the families of the victims said that he would challenge Bari in the High Court. “Six people were killed and more than 100 injured. If these people are not guilty, who is?” He asked.What did the court sayJudge AK Lahoti, who pronounced the verdict, said that the prosecution proved that an explosion occurred, but failed to prove that the accused were behind it. Reflecting allegations of allegations under the UAPA, IPC and ARMS Act, the judge commented, “There is no religion of terrorism, but the punishment cannot be based on moral basis.”Timeline of incidents in 2008 Malegaon blasts

  • September 29, 2008: Motorcycle bomb blast in Malegaon, six killed and injured more than 100
  • September 30: FIR filed in Azad Nagar Police Station
  • October 21: ATS checks
  • October 23: First arrest including Pragya Singh Thakur
  • November 2008: Lieutenant Colonel Purohit arrested
  • January 2009: Fee filed under Mcoca, UAPA, IPC
  • July 2009: MCOCA dropped by Special Court
  • July 2010: Bombay HC restores Mcoca charge
  • April 2011: Nia takes investigation
  • February -DEC 2012: NIA makes two more arrests
  • May 2016: NIA MCOCA leaves charge; Gives a clean chit to 7
  • Apr -SepT 2017: All accused granted bail
  • December 2017: 3 accused discharged; UAPA fee dropped
  • October 2018: Allegations were made against 7 accused
  • December 2018: Trial begins
  • September 2023: Prosecution ended after 323 witnesses (37 hostile)
  • July 2024: Defense ends after 8 witnesses
  • August 12, 2024: Last statement recorded
  • April 19, 2025: Trial stopped for verdict
  • July 31, 2025: All the accused were acquitted due to lack of evidence

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