Intolerance debate created by those being paid money: VK Singh

November 16, 2015 12:31

Union Minister VK Singh hit back at those who were saying that India was becoming increasing intolerant saying that the debate was unnecessary and creation of very imaginative minds being 'paid with a lot of money'.

He also asserted that it was a politically motivated move before the Bihar polls. "This particular debate (on intolerance) is no debate. It is the unnecessary creation of very imaginative minds who are being paid with a lot of money," Minister of State for External Affairs Singh said on the sidelines of the Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Los Angeles.

Singh was in the city to attend the two-day event in place of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who had to return mid-way from Dubai in the wake of the Paris terror attacks.

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