Modi making veiled attacks on Muslims: Tharoor

July 15, 2013 18:29

Reacting sharply to Narendra Modi's "burqa of secularism" jibe at Congress, Union Minister Shashi Tharoor today lashed out the one time RSS pracharak saying it was preferable to khaki shorts of fascists.

"Secularism burqa in my view is preferable to the khaki shorts of the Italian fascists of the 1920s. Shorts which signify intolerance and hatred, which he is not trying to hide. He was a RSS pracharak," he said.

Tharoor who is a known baiter of the Sangh Parivaar said the burqa represents the belief of a certain faith but the Khaki shorts represented intolerance to other communities. He said Modi was making veiled attacks at Muslims.

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