Factually wrong, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Salman Khurshid's book

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has termed the party collegue and senior leader Salman Khursheed reported comment on Hinhutva   "factually wrong". Ghulam Nabi Azad pointed out that "comparing Hindutva with ISIS and Jihadist Islam is factually wrong and an exaggeration". "We may not agree with Hindutva as a political ideology but comparing it with ISIS and Jihadist Islam is factually wrong and exaggeration," Azad commented on the hotly debated passage from  Khurshid's ''Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times''. 

In Mr. Salman Khursheed’s new book, we may not agree with Hindutva as a political ideology distinct from composite culture of Hinduism, but comparing Hindutva with ISIS and Jihadist Islam is factually wrong and an exaggeration.

— Ghulam Nabi Azad (@ghulamnazad) November 11, 2021

"Sanatan Dharma and classical Hinduism known to sages and saints were being pushed aside by a robust version of Hindutva, by all standards a political version similar to the jihadist Islam of groups like ISIS and Boko Haram of recent years," Khurshid wrote, stirring a hornet's nest. The BJP accused him of equating the religion with radical Islamic groups, hurting religious sentiments deserving of legal action and demanded that he be sacked from the Congress. They even targeted Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, suggesting that she explain the statement "if she respects Hindus".

Congress’s Salman Khurshid in his new book writes that Hindutva is similar to the jihadist Islamist groups like ISIS and Biko Haram.

What else can we expect from someone whose party coined the term Saffron terror just to draw equivalence with Islamic jihad, to get Muslim votes? pic.twitter.com/3OikNQJ3qt

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) November 10, 2021

The book by former Union minister Salman Khurshid on the Ayodhya verdict was released on Wednesday. Following the release of his book, Salman Khurshid was criticised for controversial remarks he made on 'Hindutva'. Meanwhile, a Delhi-based lawyer has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police seeking registration of an FIR against Salman Khurshid on the matter.