Congress today distanced itself from party leader Shakeel Ahmed's remarks that the blast near BJP office in Bangalore will help the Opposition party politically and said it does not view the problem of terrorism in terms of political benefit or loss.


"We all know terrorism is a national issue or problem. And not only that to some extent an international problem. We do not view the problem in terms of political benefit or loss," party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said.


He said that the problem of terrorism should be a concern for all the citizens and should be faced unitedly. "Whatever I am saying, I am saying on behalf of the party," Dwivedi insisted.


He was responding to Ahmed's remarks made in this regard on Twitter. Ahmed had tweeted,"If the blast near BJP's office in Bangalore is a terror attack, it will certainly help the BJP politically on the eve of election".