BJP MP accuses Cong of conspiracy in Malegaon probe

GORAKHPUR(UP): As Maharashtra's ATS prepared to interrogate a "high profile" leader from Uttar Pradesh in connection with Malegaon blasts, BJP MP and religious leader Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday accused the Congress of hatching a conspiracy to defame Hindu organisations.
     
Adityanath also dared Home Minister Shivraj Patil  to take action against Sangh parivar leaders from his Gorakhpur parliamentary constituency in the probe by the Anti-Terrorism Squad(ATS).
    
"The ATS is acting under the instructions of the Congress. There is a dangerous conspiracy going on where an attempt is being made to prove that RSS is a terrorist organisation," he alleged while charging that the ongoing probe in the Malegaon case is unfair.
     
The ATS probe in the Malegaon blasts is a "pack of lies and utter rubbish", he said.
     
Adityanath's statement came a day after the ATS was granted permission by a Nashik court to question a "high profile" person in UP amid reports that he is a spiritual leader.
   
Sadhvi Pragya Singh and Lt Col S P Purohit, a serving Army officer, are among those arrested in connection with the Malegaon blasts and are believed to be the main conspirators. There were reports that the leader planned to be quizzed in UP had meetings with the Sadhvi and the army officer.
    
Another Hindu leader Swami Ramdev meanwhile defended Pragya Thakur saying it looks like she is "innocent." He wondered what was the need for the Sadhvi to be subjected to four narco tests.