Siddharth Varadarajan

Amidst the bizarre conspiracy theories swirling around the subcontinent in the wake of last month’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, I would like to offer one of my own: Minority Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay is a secret agent of the sangh parivar. The reason I say this is because he is doing his utmost to ensure the involvement of Hindutva activists in the Malegaon blasts is not fully probed and that the fight against terrorism is converted into a communal issue.

Consider the facts. After the unfortunate killing of Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar and Ashok Kamte by terrorists on November 26, it is natural for citizens to fear that the anti-terrorist squad’s probe into the Malegaon case might flounder and perhaps even get buried…(Full Story)