Digvijay Singh attacks Rajnath Singh for meeting tainted Pragya Thakur

Hyderabad: AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh, embroiled in a row over his alleged links to Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik, launched a counterattack Friday on Union home minister Rajnath Singh and some other BJP leaders who targeted him. “I am being criticised for sharing the stage with Zakir Naik (some time ago), but what about Rajnath Singhji meeting bomb-blast-accused Pragya Thakur,” asked Singh on twitter.

“Pragya is an accused in a bomb blast case. Is there a case against Zakir Naik as yet? What about Sri Sri Ravishankerji sharing stage with Zakir,” asked Singh who was in Hyderabad to participate in some Congress programmes. He said in a series of tweets that those spreading hate in the society like Giriraj Singh and Sadvi Niranjan Jyoti were in the cabinet. Jai ho rastravad,” he quipped.

The AICC general secretary has been targeted over a video clip showing him sharing stage with Zakir Naik in 2012 and praising the Islamic preacher as a messenger of peace.