New Delhi: On Monday, some unidentified people ransacked the house of former Union Minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid. This comes as the senior Congress leader was embroiled in controversy over his book ‘Sunrise Over Ayodhya’ where he allegedly compared Hindutva with terror outfits ISIS and Boko Haram. According to reports, some people pelted stones and set fire to Khurshid’s residence in Nainital.
A case has been registered against a person identified as Rakesh Kapil and 20 others. DGI (Kumaon) Nilesh Anand told ANI, “Strict action will be taken against the culprits.”
Salman Khurshid took to Facebook to share videos and pictures of the incident and captioned his post: “I look forward to opening these doors for my friends who have left this calling card. Also am I wrong to say that this cannot be Hinduism?”
Khurshid said, “So now there is such a debate. Shame is a very ineffective word. Also I still hope that one day we can reason together and agree to disagree.”
Reacting to the unfortunate incident, Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor tweeted, “It is shameful @salman7Khurshid is a politician who has made India proud in international forums and has always championed a liberal, centrist, inclusive vision of the country. domestically expressed.”
“The rising level of intolerance in our politics should be condemned by those in power,” he said.
Making his point on the difference between Hinduism and Hindutva and launching a scathing attack on the BJP, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi recently said that Hinduism and Hindutva are not the same and claimed that the RSS and the BJP’s “disgust”. ‘Ideology’ has taken over ‘affectionate’. Nationalist ideology of Congress.
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