Word ‘Hindu’ doesn’t figure in Vedas…RSS uses it for politics, says Digvijaya

Elaborating, he said, “From where did the word Hindu come? When Islam came to India, all those living on the other side of Sindh were called Hindu. When Sangh and the BJP talk about history and culture, then why we are given an Arabic name. We are Sanatan Dharmis. Sanatan Dharm is the oldest religion in the world. Why are we ignoring that. The word Hindu does not figure in any of our Vedas, Upanishads or Puranas. The word Hindu is used to play religion-based politics by Mohan Bhagwat and the RSS.”

He also spoke about the controversy over allegations against Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s son. Singh said he was among the first to caution Rajnath Singh when Narendra Modi’s name was proposed for the PM post.

“I was the first one to caution Rajnath Singh. Because Modi has always chopped off the hands which promoted him,” Singh said. He said an atmosphere of mistrust has been created.

“From where are these news coming from. That Piyush Goyal was told over phone not to dine with industrialists, that Prakash Javadekar was asked to change from jeans to kurta pyjama, that Sadananda Gowda who was having a meal with industrialists at a five-star hotel was asked to return… this news about Rajnath Singh… From where are all these news coming from? Is the Congress giving all these news, or the media? Is it coming from the PMO, Jhandewalan or any of his Cabinet colleagues?,” he said.