As the Lok Sabha election comes closer, rebel BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha has started attending an increasing number of anti-BJP, anti-Modi events. After participating in the United India Rally organised by Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, Sinha announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he had recently attended the Tahaffuz-e-Watan conference at Grand Oberoi, Kolkata.
Conference was organized at Hotel grand Oberoi Kolkata…. Shri Farooq Abdullah former CM of J&K, Shri Idris Ali MP TMC Muslim Ulema and other Muslim intellectuals were invited. This conference was sponsored by Urdu Daily newspaper, Awami News and Nature Veda and the convener was pic.twitter.com/rOIfxMb92q
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) January 22, 2019
As per Sinha, the conference was attended by Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Idris Ali, MP from Trinamool Congress, the Muslim Ulema and other Muslim intellectuals.
As per Sinha’s own admission and the poster of the event that is visible in the photograph tweeted by Sinha, the convener of the event was the ex-adviser of GOI during the UPA era, Aziz Burney.
ex advisor of GOI Mr Aziz Burney. The threat to the constitution, law and order , unity and the danger to the Indian society was discussed. The security of the Nation was of primary concern for which the intellectuals had gathered and was my immense pleasure to be a part of pic.twitter.com/x1YdOY5dHO
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) January 22, 2019
For those unaware, Aziz Burney is the same man who had authored the infamous book ’26/11 RSS ki Saazish?’. In the book, Burney had alleged that the RSS was behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, not terrorists from Pakistan. RSS had filed a case against him for the book, following which he had tendered an apology. It appears extremely dangerous that politicians are endorsing such conspiratorial people by attending events organized by them merely because of their personal enmity towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
As we had reported earlier, the US Ambassador had noted that the Congress party had deliberately chosen to pander to Muslim fears and was indulging in ‘dangerous politics’ for electoral benefits. One should also remember that senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh had endorsed the book blaming the RSS for the Mumbai Terror Attacks by attending the release of Burney’s book.
The event was also attended by Yashwant Sinha who recently claimed that he was the ‘closest’ man who had the capabilities required to the Prime Minister of the country.
“Tahaffuz-e-Watan” which translates to “Protecting or preserving the country” – a conference of democratic and like minded intellectuals – where I was happy to share the stage with statesman Yashwant Sinha and former Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah among other luminaries… pic.twitter.com/fH7OkQmB60
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) January 22, 2019
It certainly appears dangerous that leaders of the proposed Mahagathbandhan are endorsing such a man which could cause great damage to the social fabric of the nation.
