Evaluating Hindutva with “ISIS and Jihadist Islam is factually mistaken,” stated Ghulam Nabi Azad.
New Delhi:
The BJP apparently discovered a shock ally of their criticism of Congress chief Salman Khurshid’s new ebook on Ayodhya on Thursday. An evaluation of Mr Khurshid’s views got here from Mr Khurshid’s social gathering colleague Ghulam Nabi Azad, who termed a controversial portion “factually mistaken”.
“We could not agree with Hindutva as a political ideology however evaluating it with ISIS and Jihadist Islam is factually mistaken and exaggeration,” Mr Azad commented on the hotly debated passage from Mr Khurshid’s ”Dawn Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Instances”.
“Sanatan Dharma and classical Hinduism identified to sages and saints have been being pushed apart by a strong model of Hindutva, by all requirements a political model just like the jihadist Islam of teams like ISIS and Boko Haram of current years,” Mr Khurshid wrote, stirring a hornet’s nest.
The BJP accused him of equating the faith with radical Islamic teams, hurting non secular sentiments deserving of authorized motion and demanded that he be sacked from the Congress. They even focused Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, suggesting that she clarify the assertion “if she respects Hindus”.
Within the Congress, Mr Azad was the primary to touch upon the difficulty. Even throughout the social gathering, their allegiances have positioned them in opposing camps.
Whereas Mr Khurshid is thought to be a loyalist of the Gandhis, Mr Azad had final yr joined the dissenting camp that has been dubbed the G-23.
The dissenting leaders — amongst their ranks social gathering stalwarts like Kapil Sibal, and Sashi Tharoor — had written the explosive letter to Sonia Gandhi flagging a drift in management and demanding sweeping organisational adjustments.
Salman Khurshid was among the many first to hit again, saying “Being excluded from energy is to not be casually embraced in public life however whether it is the results of principled politics it ought to be accepted with honour… If we’re explicitly or implicitly prepared to compromise with our ideas to regain energy we would as nicely pack up our baggage”.
