Congress Party involved in Hindu Massacre

02-28-2002, 04:37 AM

BJP blames Congress councillors for Godhra attack
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday accused Congress councillors
from Godhra of being responsible for the attack on the Sabarmati
Express on Wednesday.

"Police have arrested two Congress councillors who planned the
entire attack," party spokesman V K Malhotra said.

"This is the worst kind of incident in the annals of Indian history
and the entire thing has been pre-planned," he added.

Malhotra said the Congress, instead of demanding action against
those responsible for the attack, was demanding a ban on the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad. "This is very shameful," he said.

He said that when Graham Staines had been murdered, everyone had
condemned the incident, but "when so many people belonging to a
particular community are attacked and killed, the Congress does not
react strongly to it".