Faced with shrinking public support - as captured in the recent bypoll results, the saffron stormtroopers are desperate to stir the communal cauldron as vigorously as they can.
In the process, out to blur the line of separation between "Hinduism" - an old (Indic) religion embracing multiple streams, and "Hindutva" - a political ideology linked to that religious identity, originally given definitive shape and also the tag by Savarkar, preaching and practising hate, aggression and violence against the constructed inimical "others". <<Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid had landed in controversy over his new book on Ayodhya. A Delhi-based lawyer has filed a complaint against him, accusing the 68-year-old of comparing "Hindutva" with radical Islamic terror groups. Ahead of next year's elections in five states, the BJP has also targeted the Congress, accusing it of playing "communal politics" to get Muslim votes. The BJP has also demanded that Salman Khurshid be sacked from the Congress and that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi explain the statement "if she respects Hindus". A passage in Mr Khurshid's new book, ''Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times'', read: "*Sanatan Dharma and classical Hinduism known to sages and saints were being pushed aside by a robust version of Hindutva* [emphasis added], by all standards a political version similar to the jihadist Islam of groups like ISIS and Boko Haram of recent years". Highlighting the paragraph, Amit Malviya, the BJP's IT cell chief, tweeted: "Congress's Salman Khurshid in his new book writes that Hindutva is similar to the jihadist Islamist groups like ISIS and Biko Haram. What else can we expect from someone whose party coined the term Saffron terror just to draw equivalence with Islamic jihad, to get Muslim votes?">> (Excerpted from: < https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congresss-salman-khurshids-hindutva-remark-in-book-sparks-controversy-2606889 >.) Also look up: < https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/like-no-one-killed-jessica-nobody-demolished-babri-masjid-chidambaram-at-salman-khurshid-s-book-launch-event-101636557505458-amp.html >. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZh%2BY%3DwuLzusaj9ccx9wDHkxTyY2p2zkLkEu8zOtR3jx1g%40mail.gmail.com.
