The BJP launched a scathing attack on the Congress over its leader Salman Khurshid reportedly comparing Hindutva with the jihadist Islam of terrorist groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram in his latest book, saying the opposition party has not only hurt Hindus but also the soul of India.
Rashid Alvi has said that those chanting Jai Shri Ram are not saints but 'nisachar'.
In his book titled 'Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times', Khurshid has reportedly compared Hindutva to ISIS, Boko Haram.
The book, Sunrise Over Ayodhya Nationhood in Our Times, by former Union minister Khurshid on the Ayodhya verdict was released on Wednesday.
A Delhi-based lawyer Vineet Jindal on Thursday filed a complaint with the police against Congress leader Salman Khurshid for the remarks in his book 'Sunrise over Ayodhya' on Hindutva.
BJP has accused the Congress of spreading hatred and creating division in the society as it sought to know Sonia Gandhi's views on Salman Khurshid's new book.
Congress leader Salman Khurshid in his book 'Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times' said that Sanatan dharma and classical Hinduism known to sages and saints were being pushed aside by a robust version of Hindutva, by all standards a political version similar to the jihadist Islam of groups like ISIS and Boko Haram of recent years.
During an address, Digvijaya Singh claimed that Hindutva had nothing to do with Hinduism.
Priyanka Gandhi was detained in Sitapur on her way to Lakhimpur. Congress leader Salman Khurshid spoke exclusively with India TV on the same.
Ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Khurshid asserted that the Congress Party will fight the UP polls under Priyanka's leadership.
The remark comes amid the Uttar Pradesh government introducing a new population policy for 2021-2030 which will offer several incentives to people with only two children.
AAP workers were even arrested when they raised questions on unemployment in Uttar Pradesh. My party has always played a strong role in being part of the Opposition: Sanjay Singh
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain at Chunav Manch said that his party’s official line has never been that anyone should be sent to Pakistan. He said that no one can drive a Indian Muslim out of the country.
Days after G-23 leader M Veerappa Moily stressed the need for a "major surgery" on the party to make it electorally more competitive, Khurshid said these "wonderful phrases" are not the answer as party leaders need to sit down and come up with solutions to the challenges that have arisen in the last 10 years.
Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on November 17 said that there was partial engagement with Gupkar alliance to join hands in local elections.
Amid questions being raised by some Congressmen over the party's Bihar poll performance, senior leader Salman Khurshid on Tuesday took a dig at such party colleagues calling them "doubting Thomases" who suffer periodic "pangs of anxiety".
Former president and Bharat Ratna awardee Pranab Mukherjee passed away at age of 84 on August 31.
Former union minister and senior leader of Congress party, Salman Khurshid, raised questions over the statements given by central government on India-China clash at LAC in Ladakh.
The senior Congress leader and former Union External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid reacted over the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark over India-China standoff in Ladakh's Galwan Valley.
“We haven’t really got together to analyze why we got defeated. Our biggest problem is our leader has walked away,” Associated Press quoted Khurshid as saying, adding that Rahul Gandhi still retains the allegiance of the party.
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