Shiv Sena leader Nana Wadekar said, "We do not know whether the accused really planted bombs as alleged. *But if they had done so, we are proud of them as it should be seen as an act in defence of Hindus.*"
'If they planted the bomb at Malegaon, we are proud of them' *- Ashwini Kumar* http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=12712 A host of pro-Hindutva outfits, *including Abhinav Bharat*, organised a meeting in Pune on Sunday to raise money for the accused in the Malegaon blast case. Taking strong exception to the expression ''Hindu terrorism' being used in regard to the suspects booked by the Anti-Terrorism Squad -- Sadhvi Pragya Singh, Lt Col Shrikant Purohit and Dayanand Pandey -- Abhinav Bharat president Himani Savarkar told the gathering that the money collected would be used for the legal battle to defend and free the accused. Savarkar, who also heads the Hindu Mahasabha, shared the platform with leaders of Shiv Sena and Vishwa Hindu Parishad at the meeting held at Shivaji Mandir in the heart of the city, which is emerging as an alleged springboard of pro-Hindutva activism. The leaders who spoke on the occasion accused the ATS of framing Lt Col Purohit, who is being prosecuted by the ATS for his alleged links with the Malegaon blast, and also compared him to Mangal Pandey, who was executed for rebelling against the British Empire during the 1857 sepoy mutiny. Shiv Sena leader Nana Wadekar said, "We do not know whether the accused really planted bombs as alleged. But if they had done so, we are proud of them as it should be seen as an act in defence of Hindus." He went on to recall Sena supremo Bal Thackeray's statement in the wake of demolition of the Babri mosque at Ayodhya that "If my Sainiks have brought down the Masjid, I am proud of them." The speakers at the rally alleged that the ATS sleuths were subjecting the Malegaon accused to torture and humiliation at the behest of the Congress government, as the party was orchestrating a vilification campaign against Hindu Sadhvis and saints, with an eye on the Muslim vote bank in the coming elections. The rally was described by the speakers as the first public meeting organised in support of the Malegaon accused. Representatives of Patit Pawan, a hardline pro-Hindutva organisation, presented a sword to Himani Savarkar, who said the money being collected would be deposited in a bank account to fight court battles for the Malegaon blast accused. *Malegaon blast probe: Advani defends sadhvi * *Sandeep Bhushan* Tuesday, November 18, 2008, (New Delhi) First it was BJP president Rajnath Singh who openly defended the Malegaon blast accused. But after avoiding any comments on the controversy all these weeks, on Tuesday for the first time, the party's prime ministerial candidate, LK Advani openly came out in support of the main accused sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080073136 -- Warm Regard *M S ALI* ,Dubai [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "newsline" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/newsline?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
