Assam CM Himanta Alleges Malegaon Probe Was Congress' Conspiracy To Frame RSS Chief
A day after a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Thursday acquitted all seven accused in the Malegaon blast case, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday alleged that the investigation into the case was a conspiracy by the Congress to frame RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
While addressing a press conference, Sarma called it a 'political witch hunt" by the then home minister P. Chidambaram. He also alleged that the entire plan was to defame the RSS and the Hindu religion.
'It is a known conspiracy that the Congress wanted to bring Bhagwat into the matter, but yesterday's court verdict, acquitting all seven accused, has exposed the party," he claimed.
He should be asked why he 'tried to frame the Hindu society with terror. People should also ask this question to him," added the Assam CM.
#WATCH | Guwahati, Assam: On the NIA court acquitting all the accused in the Malegaon Blast case, Assam CM, Himanta Biswa Sarma, says, 'We 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… pic.twitter.com/SWWVlDe8mm — ANI (@ANI) August 1, 2025
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.
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 'there was no reliable and cogent evidence" against them.
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.
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