Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said Shinde’s remarks were irresponsible and condemnable, and accused the Congress of practicing vote-bank politics. “I condemn it strongly, very forcefully. It is a malicious comment by the light-weight home minister who does not know what he is talking,” he said.

Anger on the streets: BJP workers protest against Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s comment on saffron terror in Pune yesterday. Pic/Krunal Gosavi