Bareilly-based cleric and Ittihad-e-Millat Council chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, who recently joined Congress, said that those killed in the 2008 #BatlaHouse encounter in Delhi were "not terrorists and should be declared martyrs".
Congress had said to me that they would probe Batla House encounter if their government is formed in 2009. Had there been a probe, the world would have known those killed as terrorists should be given martyr status."
Politician and Islamic cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan was earlier booked for derogatory comments against PM Narendra Modi and reportedly issuing threats against the Hindu community.
The BJP slammed Congress over the issue as party spox Sambit Patra said the Congress had allied in the past with parties which draw its support from Muslims in states like Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and were accused of making communal remarks aimed at the majority community.

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