"Hindutva followers and Sanatanis can never be extremists" :::: Conspiracy of Malegaon blast 'exposed' ::::: Lessons .... "Layer by layer, this conspiracy is coming to light..."

The allegation of Hindu terror now lie buried - claims BJP 

"Today I proudly declare to the world and the people of the country that a Hindu can never be a terrorist. Hindus can never be terrorists," 

-- Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha

((Not just in India, the linking of Terrorism with Hindutva taken overseas by Congress with sinister plans.

Rahul Gandhi himself led the campaign with top foreign dignitaries 

In 2010, WikiLeaks made public a secret communication to Washington by then US Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer 

on his--  July 20, 2009, conversation with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. ))

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis says, "The conspiracy of 2008 has been exposed before everyone. The government at that time, for the sake of vote-bank politics, coined terms like 'Hindu terror' and 'saffron terrorism.' 

At that time, large-scale terrorist incidents were happening across the world, and 'Islamic terrorism' was a topic of discussion worldwide. 

To avoid angering their votebank and to make it seem like they were maintaining balance, they created the notion of 'Hindu terrorism' and arrested people... But despite much effort, no solid evidence was found... Layer by layer, this conspiracy is coming to light...". 

Former Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur

The case was initially handled by Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) before being transferred to India's premier counter-terror agency, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in 2011.

The politically important case was one of the first major instances where right-wing Hindu nationalist groups were directly accused of militant activity.
Over the years, the case saw several twists and turns. More than 300 witnesses were examined during the trial, with at least 34 later turning hostile.

In 2016, NIA filed a chargesheet and said they could not find sufficient evidence against Thakur and three others. It recommended dropping charges against them. 

Various stages of Saffron terror under Congress and UPA !!  

By 2010, the UPA Govt gave it an official nod with no less India's Home Minister and a Sonia Gandhi loyalist P Chidambaram telling intelligence officers in New Delhi that "saffron terror" was a phenomenon that had been implicated in several bombings.

In Jan 2013, Congress elevated Rahul Gandhi as the party's vice president. Congress played multiple games. There was lot of crying episodes. Renuka Chowdhury was one of them. 

In a closed door meet, Sonia told Rahul Gandhi - "power is poison".

Chidambaram's successor Sushilkumar Shinde also sharpened the charge at a Congress conclave in Jaipur and declared: "the RSS and BJP are running terror training camps".

He also accused Hindu organisations of "spreading terrorism" — a statement that sparked a political firestorm. The BJP later threatened boycott of parliament proceedings. As a damage control exercise, the Congress later said it did not approve the term 'saffron terror' because the saffron colour is in India's national flag and also in Congress party's flag.  

Ambassador Roemer detailed how Rahul Gandhi told him that "radicalised Hindu groups" were a bigger danger than Islamist terrorist groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Even UPA-era government officials discussed the issue of "Hindutva terror" with top American officials.

Just months before Rahul's discussion with Roemer, India's then National Security Adviser (NSA), MK Narayanan, on March 3, 2009, spoke about "Hindu extremist groups" with FBI director Robert Mueller.

This was revealed by Wikileaks from a leaked US cable filed by US charge d' affairs Steven White on the Narayanan-Mueller meeting.

The matter was raised shortly after the Maharashtra ATS arrested several persons with saffron links for their role in the 2008 Malegaon blast, WikiLeaks revealed.

"India is also seeing the beginnings of Hindu extremist groups that use violence, Narayanan said, agreeing with the director's point that terrorists came from more than just Muslim backgrounds," according to the leaked US cable from 2009.

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BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb says, "...Hindutva and Sanatanis can never be extremist terrorists... During the Malegaon blast, Congress tried to defame India's culture, but the court gave a fitting response. They are still sitting there. They should apologise to the people of the country..."