Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday Oct 25,2013 lashed out at his key
rival Rahul Gandhi at a rally, alleging that the Congress vice-president
defamed Muslims by suggesting some Muzaffarnagar riot victims were
being cultivated by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate.
“Instead of levelling allegations at an entire qaum [community],” Mr.
Modi said in Jhansi, “he should disclose the names of those who were in
touch with the Inter-Services Intelligence.” “If he cannot do that, he
should render a public apology to all Muslim youth.”
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi had sparked off a still-snowballing controversy
on Thursday, saying that an intelligence official told him that the ISI
had made contact with a group of 10 to 15 Muzaffarnagar Muslims who had
lost kin in the riots. His remarks were made at a rally in Indore,Madhya Pradesh
However, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director-General of Police Mukul Goel had said the authorities “have no such information.”
Narendra Modi criticised intelligence officials for sharing classified
information with a Member of Parliament. “The nation wants to know why
intelligence services are reporting to him and why they are giving input
for his speeches,”
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