Congress leader Digvijay Singh, known for his statements that have a strange tendency to sound like things that Pakistan usually says, has gone a step further and stated that in India, Bajrang Dal and BJP are funded by Pakistan’s ISI.
Going even further and equating Hindus with Pakistani spies, Singh added that non-Muslims are spying for ISI more than Muslims.
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Singh has been known for his often controversial rants. It is notable here that Singh was one of the leaders of Congress who had called the 26/11 Mumbai attacks as a conspiracy of Hindu organisations. He was one of the main proponents of the ‘Hindu Terror’ bogey propagated by the then UPA government.
Though Digvijay has increasingly become incoherent, especially so after losing by a huge margin to BJP’s first time MP-candidate Sadhvi Pragya, who was put in jail and tortured by UPA government under false charges of terrorism, his latest statement may have been an extension of the same ‘Hindu Terror’ hoax that Congress had run in the country for years.
Singh’s statements invited amusing reactions from social media users.
https://twitter.com/pokershash/status/1168024424013942784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/optimistsurgeon/status/1168031638426550273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Digvijay has been particularly upset after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and has been speaking of organising protests and threatening the Indian government, just like Pakistan.
Singh had earlier stated that if the Indian government is not careful, they will ‘lose Kashmir’. He had also called for a protest march from Lal Chowk to Lal Qila against the Indian government’s decision to strip Article 370.
It is notable here that Pakistan has been using the statements of Congress leaders to further its narrative against India. Recently, the Pakistani government had quoted Rahul Gandhi in their letter to the UN.
Digvijay’s remarks against the government of India have been used by Pakistan after the Balakot airstrikes too.