After 'Hindu Pakistan', Tharoor slams BJP with 'Taliban in Hinduism' jibe

July 18, 2018 10:08

Days after his 'Hindu Pakistan' comment against the Bharatiya Janata Party triggered a massive controversy, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has once again hit out at the ruling party, asking if it is trying to instill aspects of Taliban in Hinduism.

"They are asking me to go to Pakistan. Who has given them the right to decide that I am not a Hindu like them and I don't have the right to stay in the country? Have they started a Taliban in Hinduism? Tharoor said while addressing a party event in Thiruvananthapuram.

Tharoor also said the BJP's discourse on 'Hindu rashtra' is very dangerous.

"It will destroy the country," he said.

Last week, the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram triggered a huge controversy with his remarks that if voted to power again, the BJP will rewrite the Constitution and pave the way for creation of a "Hindu Pakistan".

The comments sparked demands from the BJP for an apology from Congress president Rahul Gandhi for the "attack on Indian democracy and Hindus" while his party voiced its disapproval and cautioned its leaders to exercise restraint in their response to what it called the saffron party's "hatred".

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