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Ahmed Patel vs Vijay Rupani: Terror politics in battleground Gujarat

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel today tore into Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani for linking him with a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) operative by accusing the BJP of having links with alleged ISI terrorists.  "Terrorists who were arrested in Bhopal have links with the BJP," Patel said at a Congress rally in poll-bound Gujarat's Bharuch district, which was also addressed by party's vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

Earlier this year, 11 persons - including Dhruv Saxena, a leader of the BJP's youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) member and its district IT cell coordinator based in Bhopal - were arrested by the Madhya Pradesh ATS on charges of leaking Indian Army secrets to the Pakistani spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

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