The Muslim League had orchestrated two deadly attacks on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1939 but the Congress establishment "quietly" kept the story buried for 86 years because it was an "uncomfortable truth", the BJP said on Friday, launching a blistering attack on the opposition party.

In a series of posts on X from its official handle, the BJP said 34 of 57 accused were convicted and two were awarded death sentences by a special court in one of the two incidents of attack in which two "patriots" were martyred protecting Sardar Patel while dozens injured but the "Congress historians" erased the case from textbooks and archives.

"No one dared to mention the Muslim League's role or Congress's cowardly silence," the ruling party said.

There was no immediate reaction from the Congress to the

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