Rahul: ‘Hinduism is not about beating up the innocent, it is Hindutva’, says Rahul; BJP’s counterattack India News – Times of India

New Delhi: Congress Leader A male name Gandhi on Friday sought to differentiate between Hinduism and Hinduism Hindutva to accuse BJP And the RSS later used it to spread “hateful ideology”.
In a video message released by the party, Rahul Gandhi referred to the Akhlaq lynching incident in Uttar Pradesh and said while the scriptures of Hinduism do not explicitly suggest the killing of an innocent, the ideology of Hindutva stands for it.
“Is Hinduism about beatings? Sikh or a Muslim, Hinduism of course. But is Hinduism about killing Akhlaq? In which book is this written? I haven’t seen it. I had read Upanishads, I haven’t seen it. Where is it written that you kill an innocent? I am unable to find it in Hindu scriptures, in Islamic scriptures, in Sikh scriptures. I can see it in Hindutva,” Rahul Gandhi is heard saying in the video.

The BJP reacted sharply to Rahul’s remarks, saying that the Supreme Court had also mentioned that Hindutva is a way of life.
“If you thought Salman Khurshid and Rashid Alvi were free agents who degraded Hindus and Hindutva, here is Rahul Gandhi echoing their sordid claims. The Supreme Court called Hindutva a way of life, Rahul said. Calling it violent and comparing Hindu scriptures with Islamic writings, senior BJP leader Amit Malviya said.

This statement of the former Congress President has come at a time when there is a controversy regarding the senior leader of the party. salman khurshidThe book seems to draw a comparison between violent organizations like Boko Haram and Hindutva.
In his video address, which was part of the Congress party’s digital campaign.public awareness campaign’ Rahul Gandhi claims that the ideology of the oldest party is alive and alive, but has taken over the ideology of the BJP.
“Today whether we believe it or not, the hateful ideology of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has overshadowed the loving, affectionate and nationalist ideology of the Congress party, we have to accept it. Our ideology is alive, Lively but it’s capped,” he claimed in another video clip.

Gandhi said that the ideology was overshadowed not because of the “complete capture of the media”, but also because the Congress was not able to propagate it among its people.
“So, there are these kinds of things that we have to discuss and there are these kinds of things that we have to spread among ourselves. And once we start spreading it among ourselves effectively, we will find that it automatically It will start spreading among others. And this is the mission you are starting,” Rahul said.
He tells party workers that it should be a compulsory course for them to understand what it means to be a Congressman.
“This is the fundamental mission of Congress workers. It is going to be central. And in my view, (KC) Venugopal ji and others may have different opinions, but in my view it should be mandatory. It should be mandatory. Every single person should go through it. It should be a rigorous course and it should develop people who have a real understanding of what it means to be a Congressman,” he said.
He said that many people would already know what it means to be a Congressman.
He said, “You know it, speak it, live it. Now you have to spread it. I’m sure many of you have this understanding.”

BJP’s counterattack:
Meanwhile, BJP leader Sambit Patra alleged that the Congress leadership harbors “pathological hatred” for Hinduism. Hitting out at the former Congress president for his criticism of Hindutva, he alleged that Gandhi has a history of making critical comments about Hinduism and its culture.
He said that it is in the character of Congress and Gandhi family to attack Hinduism at every opportunity.
The BJP leader cited words such as Hindu Pakistan, Hindu Taliban and saffron terrorism used by Congress leaders Tharoor and Chidambaram to make these remarks at the behest of Gandhi. He also mentioned Digvijay Singh and Mani Shankar Aiyar in this context.
He said, “What they say is not a coincidence but an experiment. And the headmaster of this experimental laboratory is Rahul Gandhi. There is a hatred for Hinduism among Congress leaders, and for this they get traction from the Gandhi family.” alleged.
Patra also referred to a remark by Rahul Gandhi, which was mentioned in WikiLeaks in 2010, that Hindu extremist groups may pose a greater threat to India than some other comments to attack Islamic terror organizations and them. Huh.
He claimed that Gandhi had linked atrocities against women to Indian culture.
Khurshid’s book:
Rahul’s attempt to differentiate between Hinduism and Hindutva comes at a time when the party is facing attack from the BJP over Salman Khurshid’s move on the issue, which has already triggered a controversy.
An excerpt in Salman Khurshid’s book ‘Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times’ reads: “Sanatan Dharma and the classical Hinduism known to saints and sages were being pushed aside by a stronger version of Hindutva, A political version similar to jihadists by all standards. The Islam of groups such as ISIS and the Boko Haram of recent years”.
The comment is made in a chapter titled: The saffron sky,

The BJP has objected to the passage and claimed that it hurts Hindu sentiments.
Earlier, during a press conference, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia, referring to Khurshid’s book, said that the remarks not only “hurt the sentiments of Hindus but also deeply hurt the soul of India”.
“Hinduism was compared to ISIS and Boko Haram. Congress is weaving a web like a spider against Hindus… All this happens at the behest of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Earlier the word ‘Hindu terrorism’ was invented in Congress office. ,