India, Sept. 21 -- The BJP on Monday attacked the Congress over former vice president Hamid Ansari's remarks on former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's views on "Hindu right-wing communalism", alleging that they exposed the opposition party's "Muslim League, Maoist" character.

Ansari, speaking at an event at the India Islamic Cultural Centre on Saturday to commemorate late constitutional expert and author A G Noorani, had referred to Nehru's view that "the real danger to India was not communism, but Hindu right-wing communalism".

The observation is cited in Noorani's 2019 book, The RSS: A Menace to India.

Addressing a press conference, BJP MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said Ansari's remarks showed that the Congress ha...