New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- The BJP on Monday lashed out at the Congress over former vice president Hamid Ansari's remarks citing former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's views on "Hindu right-wing communalism", alleging that they expose the Opposition party's "Muslim League, Maoist" character.
The ruling party also attacked Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his "Chhatron Ki Goonj" event in Indore, saying he had demeaned his constitutional post with "clownish caricature".
Ansari, while speaking at an event commemorating late constitutional expert and author A G Noorani at the India Islamic Cultural Centre on Friday, referred to Nehru's view that "the real danger to India was not communism, but Hindu right-wing communalism" -- cited in Noorani's 2019 book 'The RSS: A Menace to India'.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, BJP MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said Ansari's remarks have "thoroughly
exposed that Congress has become Muslim League Maoist Congress in totality".
He said the former vice president's comment also suggests that Nehru considered communism a threat, while the Congress has now shifted towards "ultra-left".
"Today, the Congress has gone ultra-left. It has taken a dive into communism, which
Nehru considered a threat," he said.
He further said
Congress leaders should think before citing
Nehru, claiming they
may not have read what the former prime minister had written in his books.
Trivedi said Ansari has not just "dug up buried ghosts of history", but "breathed life into them". He alleged that the Muslim leaders endorsed by the Congress have "League-like sentiments", ideas which have now become exceedingly prevalent within the grand old party.
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