Owaisi slams Rahul Gandhi for Hindutva remark; 'India belongs to all Bharatiyas'

Asuddin Owaisi on Saturday came down heavily on Congress' former president Rahul Gandhi for his 'Hindu and Hindutva' rally speech. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Owaisi expressed anguish at Gandhi for listing 'bringing Hindus to power' as 'secular nda' for 2021, especially when his party- Congress- was one to 'fertilize ground for Hindutva'. 

"India belongs to all Bharatiyas. t Hindus alone. India belongs to people of all faiths and also those who have faith," Owaisi reminded Gandhi on Twitter.

Rahul Gandhi reflects on Hindu-Hindutva difference

Rahul Gandhi in a fiery dress to Congress supporters in Jaipur said, 'I do t fear as I am a Hindu, t a Hindutvavi'.  Pointing out that re were two words - Hindu and Hindutvavi, former Congress President said, "Mahatma Gandhi is Hindu, Godse is Hindutvavi. A Hindu faces his fear while Hindutavi bows down before his fear, and that fear creates enmity. This is difference between Hindu and Hindutavi." 

Explaining why he was raking up Hindu-Hindutva, he ded, "This country is of Hindus and t of Hindutavis. Hindus cant be suppressed, did t happen in 3000 years and will t happen even today.  So Modi ji and his industrialists destroyed this country in 4-5 years, but when Hindu farmers stood in front of Hindutvavis, PM Modi apologised".

Lashing out at Centre, he went on, "He apologised, but when farmers asked compensation, he refused it. In parliament, Centre said it h record of martyrs. I showed a list of 500 farmers from Punjab and 70 names from Haryana and demanded that y compensate m. But PM Modi refused. Do t fear, we will never lose". 

Congress' Mehangai rally was held in Jaipur and attended by Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan in-charge Ajay Maken, Randeep Singh Surjewala and ors.

Im: ANI/@INCIndia-Twitter