Hang Afzal : Congress

In an apparent bid to counter the BJP’s campaign over Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s hanging, the Congress clarified its position on the issue, and said it has no sympathy for terrorists. “Congress has no sympathies whatsoever for terrorists. Afzal should be hanged. There’s no doubt about it,” said Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh. He said Congress has never supported Afzal or any act of terror. “We’re wrongly blamed for being soft on terror. Afzal Guru has been convicted and his mercy petition before the President is under process.” The former MP CM also launched a scathing attack on the Sangh Parivar and said blasts happen whenever the BJP is in trouble. “The Assam blasts came at a time when the BJP was in an embarrassing situation after sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur’s arrest. It needed to divert attention,” he said.He said Parliament was attacked when Lok Sabha was to discuss the first Tehelka sting against BJP. “Whenever there are polls, blasts happen. In Karnataka, there were blasts in Hubli the day of the first phase of polling. Two days before the second phase, blasts ripped through Jaipur,” Digvijay said. He demanded a probe into the funding of Malegaon blast accused sadhvi’s NGOs. “Gujarat government is extending financial support to sadhvi’s NGOs,” he said and demanded a fresh probe into the blasts and Muslims killed in the recent years. “Blasts near mosques could be the work of saffron organisations. Centre should probe these incidents and take action against the culprits.”