Bhopal: VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) international general secretary Dr Praveen Togadia on March 26 advised the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government at the Centre to attack Pakistan for its terrorist activities in India, emulating the United States, which had attacked Iraq after bypassing the United Nations and its Security Council.

Addressing party workers at a dharna (stir) organised in Bhopal to protest the recent arrest of VHP leader Acharya Dharmendra, Togadia said, "India should choose the path of America by attacking Pakistan for its terrorist activities in our country."

Togadia, without naming US, said "it advised us to indulge in dialogue with Pakistan but it went ahead and attacked Iraq without United Nations' sanction."

The dual policy of US to counter terrorism could not be tolerated, he said.

Commenting on the recent killings of 24 Pundits in Kashmir Valley, Togadia lashed out at the Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani saying it would be unfortunate that the Hindus were being forced to migrate in their own country.

He said by arresting Acharya Dharmendra, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has given a challenge to Hindus.

Dharmendra was arrested by police on March 16 at Ujjain railway station for allegedly giving an inflammatory speech in Dewas. He had refused to apply for bail and demanded that the state government release him unconditionally.

In Ganjbasoda, Singh had invoked National Security Act against those who worked for protection of cows but rewarded those who killed them, Togadia alleged.

PTI