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Activist seeks info on terror camps, MHA provides Shinde's clarification
Neha Shukla, TNN | Apr 5, 2013, 06.15 PM IST
LUCKNOW: In what could be described as a double whammy for the
Congress, after Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde made a U-turn
on his comments on Hindu terrorism, the ministry of home affairs did
not provide information about terror camps being operated by the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party, when asked
under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The ministry, instead, provided the copy of Shinde's clarification and
said the "home minister has issued a clarification on February 20,
clarifying the position."
The political furore over Shinde's comment on BJP and RSS conducting
terror camps, though died down after the minister tendered an apology,
caused embarrassment to the government. In an RTI response, the
ministry denied information. The questions could be irrelevant since
the minister has already apologised for his comment.
Shinde had said, during Congress' Jaipur conclave, in January, "We
have got an investigation report that be it the RSS or BJP, their
training camps are promoting Hindu terrorism." He later clarified that
he meant saffron and not Hindu terrorism. The comment was strong
enough to leave BJP livid, which demanded that the minister either
apologise or be sacked. Shinde later backpedalled and retracted his
statement by issuing a clarification and also regretting his
statement.
In January, activist Urvashi Sharma had sought certified copies of all
records available with the government based on which the home minister
had accused RSS and BJP of conducting terror training camps and
promoting "Hindu terrorism", from the PMO. The response which came
more than two months after the application was made, said the
government has no records available on any of the information sought.
The query had also sought certified copies of information on location
within India and/or abroad of RSS and BJP terror training camps;
certified copies of records available with the government on action
taken against BJP and RSS to ban them for running terror training
camps; certified copies of prevailing national/international
rules/regulations/treaties/Government Orders as per which "terrorism"
has been divided on the basis of religion/caste/creed/sect etc.;
certified copies of list and all records available with the government
on cases of infiltration and/or insurgency and case wise actions taken
by government.
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