Refuting allegations that he had extremist links, Peoples Democractic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani claimed that it (allegation) was a propaganda "unleashed" by the Iindia Union Muslim League and the Congress.
Lashing out at IUML and Congress, Madani said the parties were spreading the propaganda as they were scared of "the
support my party is extending to Communist Party of India-Marxist-led-Left Democratic Front in the Lok Sabha polls".
He claimed that IUML had always sought "to create divisions in society and exploited the Muslim community for political gains".
"The propaganda unleashed by United Democratic Front that Madani had hijacked the LDF campaign was a deliberate
attempt to create a Hindu backlash and gain votes," he told a press meet. Madani reiterated that he would quit public life if the charge that he was involved in any extremist or communal act was proved. "There was no truth in reports that I or my wife Sufiya Madani was in touch with extremists, based on the statements purportedly given by some persons, with alleged
extremist links, to police", he said.
Denying a charge that he had converted one Mani alias Yusuf while he was detained in jail in connection with the Coimbatore blasts case, he said "the youth had already embraced Islam before I met him in prison". Madani also brought Yusuf at the press meet.
He said the support extended to LDF in the polls was unconditional as the need of the hour was to help forces seeking to bring the Third Front to power.
