NCP demands ban on RSS, Abhinav Bharat

NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) – a key UPA ally — on Monday demanded ban on the RSS and Hindu extremist group Abhinav Bharat for their alleged involvement in terrorist activities in the country.

The demand was put forward by NCP general secretary Tariq Anwar during his meeting with Union home minister P Chidambaram here. He also demanded that the Muslims arrested in connection with the 2006 Malegaon blast case should be released immediately.

"They (Muslims) should be released immediately as there is ample proof of Hindu radicals carrying out the Malegaon blasts," Anwar told reporters after the meeting.

Referring to the confessional statement made by Swami Aseemanand about involvement of Hindu radicals in a number of blasts in the country, Anwar said he also asked the home minister to constitute a task force headed by either a sitting Supreme Court or high court judge to have a re-look into all the bomb blasts that took place since 1994 and conduct a fair inquiry.