Open rebellion? Jairam Ramesh demands Congress fight PFI communalism, 'just like RSS'

Speaking at a book fest in Kochi on Thursday, former Union Minister and Congress leer Jairam Ramesh have linked communalism of PFI to "communalism of RSS." He said that he is worried about propaganda that Congress is soft on mirity communalism. 

" Congress party should discover same degree of aggression against mirity communalism and outfits like PFI. y should we targeted same way as we target RSS. We have to fight RSS of communalism, BJP of communalism as also PFI and Jamaat-e-Islami of communalism. We cant have selective, we have to be upfront, bold, and say mirity communalism is dangerous to India as majority communalism," Ramesh said to news ncy PTI at Krithi International Book Fair in Kochi. 

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Congress leer n ded that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru also took "uncompromising stand" against all forms of communalism. He ded:  "We have to be very clear. We should t be pandering to any religious sentiment of anybody and that is real secularism."

Congress should ruthlessly reinvent itself: Jairam Ramesh

'Congress has to reinvent itself'

In an interview to PTI, Ramesh said: "Congress leers have to reinvent mselves. Congress party has to reinvent itself if it has to be relevant. Orwise, we are staring at irrelevance. Our arrogance has to go, even after six years out of power sometimes, some of us behave as if we are still ministers," he said. Asked about leership issue in party, he said local level leers have to be encourd and nurtured. y have to be given freedom and automy, he ded.

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