Meerut, Aug. 4 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that Congress "shielded terrorists" and framed "innocent Hindus" in the Malegaon blast case.

While addressing the foundation stone laying ceremony of a Rs 2,517 crore Integrated Township project under the Chief Minister Urban Expansion/New City Promotion Scheme in Meerut on Monday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a sharp attack on opposition parties over the Malegaon blast case.

He accused Congress and the Samajwadi Party of repeatedly conspiring against nationalists and falsely implicating innocent Hindus, while shielding actual terrorists. "Today, these very parties are questioning the credibility of the country's constitutional institu...