Blasts in B'lore, Ahmedabad a conspiracy: BJP
BJP on Monday made a surprise allegation that the weekend blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad were a conspiracy to divert attention from the 'cash-for-votes' scandal.
The party also claimed that the blasts in two states ruled by it also made it believe that there was something more than meets the eye.
'The blasts are a conspiracy to divert attention from the cash-for-votes scandal,' party leader Sushma Swaraj said in a press conference in New Delhi claiming that the incidents took place just a few days after the government won the trust vote.
'These are not off-the-cuff remarks. I mean what I say,' she added.
When asked if she was pointing towards the Centre and alleging that the Congress-led UPA government had a role in the blasts, she said, 'I have said what I wanted, it is for you all to interpret the rest.'
The senior BJP leader also alleged that the blasts were an 'attempt to win-over the Muslim votes which got divided after the pro-American deal pursued by the government.'
Swaraj claimed that the blasts and its locations had enough 'circumstantial evidence' to support her charge.
'Attacks in two BJP-ruled states in a span of two days and within four days of the UPA government winning the confidence vote has some meaning and what I am saying is proved by enough circumstantial evidence,' she said.
She said absence of an anti-terror law like that of the POTA was the prime reason for the increased terrorist activity in the country.
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