Siddaramaiah defends ‘RSS follows Taliban culture’ statement
The Hindu
Leader of Opposition says RSS had no role in India’s freedom movement
Former CM and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah defended his statement that the RSS follows Taliban culture. “Yes. I made the statement and I stand by it. RSS does not believe in democratic values. Its leaders and members have no faith in human values. They act like demons while enforcing their communal, divisive ideology. I strongly believe that those who don’t have faith in in democratic values or in a parliamentary democracy or don’t treat other human beings as equals are Talibanis. That is why I described the RSS as Talibanis,” the Congress leader told journalists in Badami in Bagalkot district on September 28.
“BJP leaders have no humanity. Do they have any faith in democratic systems or in the Indian Constitution? Are they running the governments in the Centre or the State as per the values enshrined in the Constitution? Dr. Ambedkar made promises like liberty of thought and expression, and upliftment of the deprived classes. Is the BJP trying to fulfil those promises? The answer to all these questions is ‘No’. That is why I describe them as Talibani-minded and the descendants of Hitler.”
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