The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday asked the Congress to put a stop to attacks on the offices of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh by its workers to protest former chief K S Sudarshan's remarks against Sonia Gandhi and warned that failure to do so would lead to nation-wide agitations on corruption in 2-G Spectrum, Commonwealth Games and Adarsh Housing Society.
"We are giving a stern warning to the Congress that if it continues with its violence and anarchy in spite of all clarifications by the BJP and the RSS, which remained calm even after Congress leaders equated RSS with the Students Islamic Movement of India, we will launch a nation-wide agitation to expose the Congress on 2-G Spectrum, Adarsh scam and CWG issues," said BJP spokesperson Tarun Vijay.
Vijay said this violence showed that the Congress was trying to "repeat 1984 (anti-Sikh riots)".
"Congress spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi's statement and resultant attacks on RSS offices country-wide are a clear indication that to wriggle out from corruption and other scams, the Congress will resort to creating violence and an atmosphere of social disharmony," he said.
Congress workers had reportedly attacked and vandalised RSS offices in Delhi, Akola, Allahabad, Jaipur and other cities to protest the former RSS chief's alleged derogatory remarks. The RSS had expressed regret at Sudarshan's statement while the BJP said its views on the issue were the same as that of the RSS. But this did not placate the Congress.
"Congress actions will be befittingly replied to by the people as we replied post-1975 (Emergency) and post-1984. Neither are we weak nor defensive. We are committed to exposing Sonia Gandhi's most corrupt regime that has insulted the country by tagging terror to Hindu organisations and compromising India's integrity in Kashmir," Vijay said.
He insisted that the BJP would not give up its fight against corruption and compromise with India's security. "The Congress should not put the patience of people in this democracy to test," Vijay said.
