India, Sept. 22 -- The BJP on Monday criticised 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 AG Noorani in New Delhi 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 ...