New Delhi: Congress today (May 3, 2004) taunted Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee when it sought to know whether he had taken permission from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal before he made promises of jobs and financial aid to Muslims during his election speeches in a bid to "appease" them.

Posing nine questions to Vajpayee, party spokesman S Jaipal Reddy asked why did the Prime Minister not sack Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi or ask him to step down in the light of "stinging rebuke" of his Government by the Supreme Court if he was so concerned about Muslims.

"If you are genuinely troubled about the Muslim community, then why have you not apologised to them for the demolition of Babri Masjid by your partymen in collusion with Sangh Parivar?" he further asked.

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He also wanted to know whether Vajpayee would ask Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti for their conspiracy and participation in the demolition of the masjid.

"Is your appeasement of the Muslim community appended with a sub text that if you do not vote for the BJP, you will unleash the wrath of the Togadias and the Singhals on them?" the Congress further asked him.