India, Nov. 13 -- A political storm has erupted after senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram described the accused in the Delhi blast near Red Fort as "home-grown terrorists," prompting sharp reactions from the BJP and its allies.

Chidambaram's comment, made on social media platform X, questioned the circumstances that "turn Indian citizens- even educated persons into terrorists."

"I have maintained before and after the Pahalgam terror attack that there are two kinds of terrorists-foreign-trained infiltrated terrorists and home-grown terrorists. The government knows this too. We should ask ourselves what circumstances turn educated Indian citizens into terrorists," Chidambaram wrote.

The remark came days after the Red Fort car blast tha...