{"id":753,"date":"2025-08-01T11:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/assam-cm-himanta-alleges-malegaon-probe-was-congress-conspiracy-to-frame-rss-chief-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:40:09","slug":"assam-cm-himanta-alleges-malegaon-probe-was-congress-conspiracy-to-frame-rss-chief-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/assam-cm-himanta-alleges-malegaon-probe-was-congress-conspiracy-to-frame-rss-chief-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam CM Himanta Alleges Malegaon Probe Was Congress&#8217; Conspiracy To Frame RSS Chief | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9477970\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">August 01, 2025, 15:20 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9477970\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1190475788 asubttl-schema\">CM Himanta said that then home minister P. Chidambaram should be asked why he &#8216;tried to frame the Hindu society with terror&#8217;.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-1190475788 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.\" title=\"Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.\" 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-1190475788\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">A day after a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Thursday acquitted all seven accused in the Malegaon blast case, Assam Chief Minister <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Himanta<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">Biswa<\/span> <span class=\"cf0\">Sarma<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> on Friday alleged that the investigation into the case was a conspiracy by the Congress to frame RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">While addressing a press conference, <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Sarma<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> called it a \u201cpolitical witch hunt&#8221; by the then home minister P. Chidambaram. He also alleged that the entire plan was to defame the RSS and the Hindu religion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">\u201cIt is a known conspiracy that the Congress wanted to bring Bhagwat into the matter, but yesterday\u2019s court verdict, acquitting all seven accused, has exposed the party,&#8221; he claimed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">He should be asked why he \u201ctried to frame the Hindu society with terror. People should also ask this question to him,&#8221; added the Assam CM.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#WATCH<\/a> | Guwahati, Assam: On the NIA court acquitting all the accused in the Malegaon Blast case, Assam CM, Himanta Biswa Sarma, says, \u201cWe all know that the entire reality of the case was to arrest the RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat. Congress has conspired to bring Mohan Bhagwat into\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SWWVlDe8mm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/SWWVlDe8mm<\/a>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1951201101296050500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">The Malegaon blast case dates back to September 2008, when a blast claimed six lives and injured 101 people after an explosive device strapped to a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon, Maharashtra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">The verdict in the case came on Thursday, 17 years after the incident took place. The court acquitted all seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Prasad Purohit, noting that \u201cthere was no reliable and cogent evidence&#8221; against them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">Special Judge AK Lahoti, assigned to hear cases of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), said that no religion teaches violence and that terrorism has no religion, but the court cannot convict on mere perception.<\/span><\/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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