"Not Just Minorities...": Congress's AK Antony On "Defeat Modi" Strategy, BJP Takes Jibe
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"Muslims can go to mosques, Christians to churches; when Hindu friends go to a temple... it's labelled as 'soft Hindutva'..." former minister says
Top Congress leader AK Antony has said the strategy to defeat the BJP and PM Narendra Modi in 2024 should not include "just minorities", and that Hindus need to be appealed to as well. For the Congress, Indians are not Indians. They are divided in majority and minority, Hindu and Muslims. Here UPA era RM A K Antony says, Congress needs the support of Hindus to bring down Modi Govt, support of minorities not enough. That explains Rahul Gandhi's temple hopping… pic.twitter.com/c7nUHbh3uM
"It's not just minorities that you require. The majority are Hindus," he said, speaking at the Congress foundation day function earlier this week in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram.
"Here, Muslims can go to mosques, Christians can go to churches; but when Hindu friends go to a temple or apply tilak, it's labelled as 'soft Hindutva'," the former Defence Minister said, speaking in Malayalam.
"If that attitude is practiced, it will help Modi come back to power again," he added.
