"Nothing To Do With Hinduism", Rahul Gandhi Hits Out At BJP At Paris Event
Rahul Gandhi's jabs invited a predictably furious response with BJP Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya taunting his rival for "crying... while Bharat achieves global consensus" - a reference to the the weekend's G20 meet. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is in France as part of a week-long tour of Europe. New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Sunday, declaring neither “have nothing to do with Hinduism” and that “there is nothing Hindu about what the BJP does…”. Mr Gandhi was at an event in France on Sunday, when he said, “I have read the Gita, a number of the Upanishads and many Hindu books… absolutely nothing Hindu about it (the BJP)… “ “I have not read anywhere in any Hindu book, or heard from any learned Hindu person, that you should terrorise or harm people weaker than you. This idea… this word — ‘Hindu nationalist’ — this is a wrong word. ...