New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on September 8 charged Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh with making "false and baseless" allegations against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that it was training its cadres in the use of explosives in the state and those surrounding it for use at the time of Assembly elections.

"The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister is making false and baseless allegations against RSS that it is training its workers in the making of explosives for use during the coming Assembly elections. The message is only to give BJP a bad name," party president M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters.

He said this and the allegation that BJP was planning communal clashes in the state "only shows that Congress has become nervous and is losing self-confidence".

"If there are camps giving training for making of explosives, has the Chief Minister given any information regarding this to the Central government on this? He should come clear on these allegations," Naidu said.

"We would like to know where such training camps of RSS are on and what are the kind of explosives that are being taught to be made in these camps," he asked.

Naidu said earlier the president of the Congress women's wing of Madhya Pradesh had made an allegation that Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had eaten beef and this had led the Congress to distance itself from the women's wing, which subsequently had to retract its statement.

PTI