New Delhi, March 6: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to file a case against him over allegations from BJP leaders that he was an anti-national and a Pakistan supporter.
In a series of tweets, Singh, who stirred a controversy on Tuesday by referring to the Pulwama terror attack as an "accident", questioned why calling the attacks a "durghatana" prompted Modi and three Union ministers to term him anti-national. Digvijaya Singh Faces BJP Ire After He Calls Pulwama Attack a 'Durghatna'; Here's What Union Minister Gen (Retd) VK Singh And Others Said.
"The tweet over which you and your ministers called me a Pakistan supporter and an anti-national was posted from Delhi where police are under the Union government. If you are brave, file a case against me," he tweeted.
मेरे जिस ट्वीट पर आप व आपके मंत्री गण मुझे पाकिस्तान समर्थक मानते हैं देशद्रोही मानते हैं वह मैंने दिल्ली से किया था जहॉं की पुलिस केंद्र सरकार के अन्तर्गत आती है। अगर आप में साहस है तो मेरे ऊपर मुकदमा दायर करें।
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) March 6, 2019
Singh said that Modi and his ministers levelled several allegations against him and even expressed their intentions of filing a sedition case.
"What action has Modi taken over intelligence failure in the Pulwama terror attack? He is yet to tell the country who is responsible for it. Does Modiji hold anyone responsible for this or not? Has he asked for a clarification from the NSA, IB or the RAW chief?" he asked.
आज तक मोदी जी ने पुलवामा के आतंकी हमले में Intelligence Failure के बारे में क्या कार्यवाही की, कौन उसके लिए ज़िम्मेदार है देश को अवगत नहीं कराया। क्या इस विषय पर मोदी जी किसी को ज़िम्मेदार ठहराते हैं या नहीं? क्या NSA, IB Chief, और Raw Chief से आपने स्पष्टीकरण माँगा?
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) March 6, 2019
Singh also re-tweeted a video that shows Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya describing the terrorist attack as a "big accident".
उत्तरप्रदेश के उपमुख्यमंत्री केशव प्रसाद मौर्य ने पुलवामा हमले को बड़ी 'दुर्घटना' बताया। तो क्या अब मौर्य जी भी देशद्रोही कहे जाएंगे? मीडिया ने दिग्विजय सिंह जी के बयान पर जो हंगामा किया वैसा ही हंगामा अब मचाएंगे या बिल में घुस जाएंगे। @digvijaya_28 pic.twitter.com/M83JLlGDrh
— Yogendra Singh Parihar (@Yogendra_INC) March 5, 2019
"Would Modi ji and his ministers like to say something about Maurya ji?" Singh asked.
Forty CRPF jawans were killed on February 14 after a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a paramilitary bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.