IMPHAL, Jan 24 NNN: The BJP, Manipur Pradesh has rebuffed the remarks of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde that the BJP and the Rashtriya Sevak Sangh (RSS) had links with Hindu terrorists. Manipur unit of BJP organized a sit-in protest on Thursday in front of the party\u2019s head office, Keishampat in Imphal to condemn the allegations leveled against the party by Home Minister Shinde.
\nThe demonstration was held as part of the nationwide sit-in protest organized by the BJP against the Congress Government at the Centre and the Shinde remarks. BJP, Manipur Pradesh president in charge and former MLA Thangjam Nandakeshore said, \u201cA countrywide sit-in protest is being organized by BJP today over the Union Home Minister\u2019s remarks after a meeting of the party\u2019s Central leaders, including newly elected party\u2019s president Rajnath Singh was held in New Delhi.\u201d Shinde came under pressure from the Opposition BJP and the RSS after he had alleged the Sangh Parivar that it had links to Hindu terrorists involved in a spate of terror attacks like the Samjhauta Express blast and Maligaon blast. Nandakeshore alleged that the UPA Government at the Centre and the Congress Government of Manipur were leveling the charges against BJP so as to cover up their communal policies before adding that the BJP condemns such allegations of the Congress.<\/p>\n\n