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Congress slams RSS chiefs Hindutva theory

by IBNS 18 Aug 2014, 07:37 am

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IBNS): As Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat urged the Hindus to unite by breaking caste barriers, Congress condemned the move of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)s ideological mentor body for making concerted attempts to polarise the nation.

“It is very evident that with the active connivance of the central government there is an attempt towards religious polarisation,” Congress leader Manish Tiwari told NDTV.

Tiwari said the cultural identity of India is multi-cultural and multi-lingual…India is not a Pakistan,” he said.

Harping on a Hindutva identity for the nation, Bhagwat on Sunday said at a programme in Mumbai: “All Hindus in India go to the same place for drinking water, prayer and cremation.”

He said Hiduvta is the identity of the nation owing to the cultural practices of India. The move is seen as a poll pitch and an effort to level the caste barriers that divide the Hindus, according to opposition parties.

The Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), however, dubbed the RSS chief’s comment as ‘politics of hatred’.