The BJP has demanded that Salman Khurshid be sacked from the Congress.
New Delhi:
Senior Congress chief Salman Khurshid had landed in controversy over his new ebook on Ayodhya. A Delhi-based lawyer has filed a grievance in opposition to him, accusing the 68-year-old of evaluating “Hindutva” with radical Islamic terror teams. Forward of subsequent yr’s elections in 5 states, the BJP has additionally focused the Congress, accusing it of taking part in “communal politics” to get Muslim votes. The BJP has additionally demanded that Salman Khurshid be sacked from the Congress and that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi clarify the assertion “if she respects Hindus”.
A passage in Mr Khurshid’s new ebook, ”Dawn Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Instances”, learn: “Sanatan Dharma and classical Hinduism recognized to sages and saints had been being pushed apart by a strong model of Hindutva, by all requirements a political model much like the jihadist Islam of teams like ISIS and Boko Haram of latest years”.
Highlighting the paragraph, Amit Malviya, the BJP’s IT cell chief, tweeted: “Congress’s Salman Khurshid in his new ebook writes that Hindutva is much like the jihadist Islamist teams like ISIS and Biko Haram. What else can we count on from somebody whose social gathering coined the time period Saffron terror simply to attract equivalence with Islamic jihad, to get Muslim votes?”
Congress’s Salman Khurshid in his new ebook writes that Hindutva is much like the jihadist Islamist teams like ISIS and Biko Haram.
What else can we count on from somebody whose social gathering coined the time period Saffron terror simply to attract equivalence with Islamic jihad, to get Muslim votes? pic.twitter.com/3OikNQJ3qt
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) November 10, 2021
BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia mentioned the ebook is hurting non secular sentiment within the nation. “Hinduism was in comparison with ISIS and Boko Haram. Why is the Congress social gathering doing this whereas staying in India? Congress is weaving an online like a spider in opposition to Hindus… All this occurs on the behest of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Earlier, the time period ‘Hindu terrorism’ was invented within the Congress workplace”.
Demanding that Mr Khurshid be sacked from the Congress, he mentioned, “If Sonia Gandhi respects Hindus, then she ought to come out and clarify it. In case you stay silent, then will probably be clear that your ideology can be in opposition to Hindus”.
“Because of the politics of hatred of Congress, the general public will train a lesson within the meeting elections to be held in 5 states subsequent yr,” he added.
In his grievance, advocate Vineet Jindal mentioned the assertion is “stirring enraged feelings among the many Hindu faith followers “.
Calling it a “misuse” of the constitutional proper to free speech, Mr Jindal’s grievance learn: “The contents of the assertion made by the accused, declare Hinduism to be equal to ISIS and Boko haram, that are terrorist teams. It’s a fairly aggravating and defamatory assertion for the entire Hindu neighborhood and likewise questions their values and virtues a few society. The equivalence of Hinduism to ISIS and Boko haram is perceived as a adverse ideology Hindus have been following and Hinduism is violent, inhuman and oppressive”.
