{"id":616,"date":"2025-08-01T01:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/terrorism-was-never-saffron-will-never-be-fadnavis-on-malegaon-blast-verdict-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T01:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:43:28","slug":"terrorism-was-never-saffron-will-never-be-fadnavis-on-malegaon-blast-verdict-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/terrorism-was-never-saffron-will-never-be-fadnavis-on-malegaon-blast-verdict-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Terrorism Was Never Saffron &#038; Will Never Be&#8217;: Fadnavis On Malegaon Blast Verdict | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9475410\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">July 31, 2025, 13:33 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9475410\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-4075634405 asubttl-schema\">Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said &#8220;terrorism was never saffron and will never be&#8221;.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-4075634405 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (PTI Image)\" title=\"Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (PTI Image)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-4075634405\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (PTI Image)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday welcomed the 2008 Malegaon blast verdict and said that \u201cterrorism was never saffron and will never be&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">Fadnavis\u2019 reaction came after a special NIA court in Mumbai acquitted all seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Colonel Prasad Purohit, in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0935\u093e\u0926 \u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e \u0928 \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0925\u093e, \u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0928\u093e \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0930\u0939\u0947\u0917\u093e!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MalegaonVerdict?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#MalegaonVerdict<\/a>\u2014 Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dev_Fadnavis\/status\/1950811880089436597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde also reacted following the court\u2019s judgement and said that terrorism has no religion. He also slammed the previous government of labelling the blast as \u201csaffron terrorism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">\u201cWe welcome the court\u2019s judgement. The then government, when blasts were happening across the country, had said that terrorism has no religion. But in the case of the Malegaon blast, they labeled it as saffron terrorism. The court\u2019s verdict is a slap in the face of those people,&#8221; he said to <em>CNN-News18<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h4>2008 Malegaon Blast<\/h4>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">An explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in the town, located about 200 km from Mumbai, on September 29, 2008, killing six persons and injuring 101 others.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">After 17 years, a special NIA court on Thursday acquitted all seven accused in the case, noting there was \u201cno reliable and cogent evidence&#8221; against them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"authorimg\" src=\"data:image\/jpeg;base64,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\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/news-desk-17918.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">News Desk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The News Desk is a team of passionate editors and writers who break and analyse the most important events unfolding in India and abroad. 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