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Aseemanand ‘fake’ interview a dirty Congress poll tactic: Report.
A Caravan magazine interview with Swamy Aseemanand, accused in a number of terror cases, which made accusations on RSS and the Sangh seems to be False. a report says. The RSS now terms it as a political conspiracy barely two months ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and a cheap act of politics by the Congress.
The magazine also released the tapes of the interview. Aseemanand, however, is known for making u-turn from his statements and has done the same with regards to this particular interview. His lawyers issued a statement saying the tapes were fabricated. How low can the congress stoop to? asked Ram Madhav.
RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav did the same during a discussion on CNN-IBN last night. "This is not the first time this has happened. Ever since the bogie of 'saffron terror' was created by the ruling party, they have been trying to malign the RSS. There is not a shred of evidence against any of the RSS workers who presently are in jail on various charges.
Suddenly the NIA was created. It was propagated that they had evidence. It is a huge huge conspiracy. Everybody knows that we are a patriotic organisation," Madhav said. When asked if the organisation was open for a probe Madhav said, "Let the investigative agencies decide that." Madhav also questioned if the interview was real in the first place. "The most important question is whether the interview was conducted or not conducted. Swamy Aseemanand has also issued a statement denying having given the interview. If the interview is false we will take legal action." Executive Editor of Caravan, Vinod K Jose, said the interview took place over a span of four years and hit out at political parties for criticising the media instead of owning up to the truth.
However when questions on the authenticity of the tapes arose, former DGP of Uttar Pradesh Vikram Singh was also of the opinion that obtaining such an interview was quite impossible given the restrictions in prisons and around criminals. "I strongly doubt the credibility of this interview and under what circumstances it took place.
I would suspect that they had a sneak preview of Assemanand while he travelled to court and back. Because the police don't have the power to allow journalists to enter prison premises," he said. "It should be investigated how they managed to get the recording equipment inside the jail premises, if the journalist went under disguise. If such a thing happened it would raise questions on ethics," he said.
Questioning why the whole issue was timed right before the elections, Pinky Anand of the BJP said that it was clear that it was nothing but a Congress conspiracy. "They have done many things to implicate the BJP be it Ishrat Jahan case or Gujarat riots. The audio tapes have no significance. So the BJP is not worried," she said.
A Caravan magazine interview with Swamy Aseemanand, accused in a number of terror cases, which made accusations on RSS and the Sangh seems to be False. a report says. The RSS now terms it as a political conspiracy barely two months ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and a cheap act of politics by the Congress.
The magazine also released the tapes of the interview. Aseemanand, however, is known for making u-turn from his statements and has done the same with regards to this particular interview. His lawyers issued a statement saying the tapes were fabricated. How low can the congress stoop to? asked Ram Madhav.
RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav did the same during a discussion on CNN-IBN last night. "This is not the first time this has happened. Ever since the bogie of 'saffron terror' was created by the ruling party, they have been trying to malign the RSS. There is not a shred of evidence against any of the RSS workers who presently are in jail on various charges.
Suddenly the NIA was created. It was propagated that they had evidence. It is a huge huge conspiracy. Everybody knows that we are a patriotic organisation," Madhav said. When asked if the organisation was open for a probe Madhav said, "Let the investigative agencies decide that." Madhav also questioned if the interview was real in the first place. "The most important question is whether the interview was conducted or not conducted. Swamy Aseemanand has also issued a statement denying having given the interview. If the interview is false we will take legal action." Executive Editor of Caravan, Vinod K Jose, said the interview took place over a span of four years and hit out at political parties for criticising the media instead of owning up to the truth.
However when questions on the authenticity of the tapes arose, former DGP of Uttar Pradesh Vikram Singh was also of the opinion that obtaining such an interview was quite impossible given the restrictions in prisons and around criminals. "I strongly doubt the credibility of this interview and under what circumstances it took place.
I would suspect that they had a sneak preview of Assemanand while he travelled to court and back. Because the police don't have the power to allow journalists to enter prison premises," he said. "It should be investigated how they managed to get the recording equipment inside the jail premises, if the journalist went under disguise. If such a thing happened it would raise questions on ethics," he said.
Questioning why the whole issue was timed right before the elections, Pinky Anand of the BJP said that it was clear that it was nothing but a Congress conspiracy. "They have done many things to implicate the BJP be it Ishrat Jahan case or Gujarat riots. The audio tapes have no significance. So the BJP is not worried," she said.
