BJP keeps up attack on Congress

NEW DELHI: BJP on Friday kept up its attack on Congress over David Headley’s deposition that Ishrat Jahan was an LeT operative, accusing the party of “whitewashing” facts due to its “congenital dislike” for Narendra Modi since it saw him as a “political threat”.
Seeking an apology from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and others who lined up to “weave a fictional tale” to target Modi, then Gujarat CM, BJP virtually defended the cops facing trial for killing Ishrat in an alleged fake encounter in 2004, saying the then UPA regime made sure they were put behind bars.
Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman said when the ploy did not work, an IB official was “targeted” and the special director-rank officer was subjected to questioning.