Allahabad: Stung by Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's "Hindu terror" remark, VHP Tuesday charged Congress with using its power to implicate Hindus in terror cases and appease its Muslim vote-bank.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad also urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of the "obvious violation of constitutional rights" of the majority community.
"The Home Minister's statement is tantamount to insult of 100 crore Hindus inhabiting the country. The Congress party has always been anti-Hindu. Now, it appears to be using its power to implicate Hindus in terror cases and, thereby, appease its Muslim vote-bank," VHP International Working President Pravin Togadia said in a statement here.
He said, "The statement made by the Home Minister, while occupying a position of power, may influence investigations into terror cases and deprive Hindus arrested for such charges of a free and fair trial. Why should the Supreme Court not take suo motu notice of this obvious violation of constitutional right of Hindus?"
Shinde had earlier this week accused BJP and RSS of promoting "Hindu terrorism", drawing flak from the opposition party which has demanded his expulsion from the government even as his colleagues in Congress and the Union cabinet have defended his statement saying it was "based on facts".
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 22:55