Digvijaya Singh takes dig at Anil Vij: There is Sanghi terror not Hindu terrorism
Reacting to remarks made by Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said that there is nothing like Hindu terrorism. But, Digvijaya Singh referred to 'Sanghi aatankwaad'.
In Short
- Digvijay Singh said there is nothing like Hindu terrorism.
- Digvijay Singh referred to Sanghi terror.
- Anil Vij had said Hindu cannot be a terrorist.
Taking a jibe at Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij's remark that Hindu cannot be a terrorist, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has questioned RSS' ideology.
ANI has quoted Digvijaya Singh as saying, "Unhone sahi farmaaya hai, Sanghi aatankwaad hota hai... Hindu aatankwaad kabhi nahin hota" (He has stated truth. There is Sanghi (related to Sangh) terrorism... There is never Hindu terrorism)."
By using Sanghi, Digvijaya Singh is apparently referring to the RSS, the parent organisation of the BJP.
The matter did not rest with Digvijaya Singh. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy later told new agency ANI that what Anil Vij said was correct "in the actual sense."
Subramanian Swamy said, "It is a contradiction to say Hindu and terrorists because religious terrorism cannot take place unless there is a fundamentalist attitude in that religion. Hindu religion is not fundamentalist because we have many books, many ways of thinking."
"Somebody worships Shiva, while some worship Vishnu. There is no one doctrine in Hindu religion. We don't have one book, one church or one Mecca. With this variety and widespread alternatives it is impossible to be fundamentalist," Subramanian Swamy added.
WHAT ANIL VIJ EXACTLY SAID
Earlier, referring to the Samjhauta blast case, Anil Vij had said yesterday that there could not be a term like 'Hindu terrorism' as a Hindu could never be a terrorist.
ANI quoted Anil Vij on Wednesday as saying, "A Hindu cannot be a terrorist. There cannot be any term like 'Hindu terrorism'. Hindu, by nature, can never be a terrorist. If Hindus had been terrorists, then no other terrorists can have existed."
Anil Vij was speaking on the Samjhauta Express blast case. He said it is a very serious issue that the two people arrested from Pakistan in the matter have been released while the people from India are still treated as terrorists and call it Hindu terrorism.
In the 2007 Samjhauta blast incident, 68 people had been killed.
Anil Vij further said, "If Hindus had been terrorists, then no other terrorists have existed. However, because of political reasons, Congress party wanted to create Hindu terrorism to counter terrorism created where Muslim terrorists are involved."
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