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Devendra Fadnavis accuses Congress of indulging in minority appeasement
Updated On: 01 August, 2025 08:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Sanjeev Shivadekar
Maharashtra CM says cops are not to blame for arrests made in connection with 2008 Malegaon blast case; On Thursday, nearly 17 years since the attack was carried out in a Muslim-dominated area, a special court in Mumbai acquitted all seven accused in the case
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CM Devendra Fadnavis and Prithviraj Chavan, former chief minister
The verdict in the 2008 Malegaon blast case has sparked a fresh political slugfest between the BJP and Congress. Speaking to the media after the verdict was delivered, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis slammed the Congress for indulging in “minority appeasement” and “vote bank politics”.
“Islamic terror was frequently invoked and to counter it, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government coined the term saffron terror,” Fadnavis said and demanded that Congress should apologise to the entire Hindu community.
On Thursday, nearly 17 years since the attack was carried out in a Muslim-dominated area, a special court in Mumbai acquitted all seven accused in the case, which was initially investigated by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) before being transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2011.
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