TOI

New Delhi, Nov 18: The Congress on Tuesday slammed senior BJP leader L K Advani for his 'Hindu terror' remarks.

Accusing the Opposition party of doing a U-turn from its earlier stance on terror, the Congress said that rather than distancing itself, the BJP is defending the blast accused.

“Investigations show that Sangh Parivar is linked to the Malegaon blast”, the ruling party said.

Earlier, Advani alleged that the majority community is being linked to terrorism to get votes of minorities.

"In last one month, a new term 'Hindu terrorism' has come into existence. This was pure vote-bank and minority- appeasement politics. We never linked terrorism with any religion. But now, this is being done to get votes," he said.

There should not be any attempt to defame any community for votes, Advani said while addressing an election meeting here ahead of the second phase of polling in Chhattisgarh on Thursday.

Comparing the BJP-led NDA administration with the Congress-headed UPA government on terror front, the former deputy Prime Minister said terrorists were never spared and were killed during the NDA rule.

But now not a single terrorist has been caught or convicted. Afzal Guru, convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack case, has not yet been hanged, the ex-home minister said.