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Former VP Hamid Ansari (ANI image)
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) connected Friday powerfully criticised erstwhile Vice President Hamid Ansari implicit his remarks describing Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire Mahmud of Ghazni arsenic an Indian.
The enactment accused him of distorting past and attempting to “whitewash” the brutal invasions of India.Ansari, who served arsenic Vice President during the Congress-led UPA governments from 2007 to 2012 and again from 2012 to 2017, had said that figures commonly described arsenic overseas invaders successful textbooks were, successful fact, Indians.“Those whom we picture successful our textbooks arsenic overseas invaders—whether it is the Lodhis oregon Ghazni—were each Indian plunderers.
They did not travel from outside,” Ansari said.Reacting sharply, BJP National Spokesperson CR Kesavan questioned the Congress party’s presumption connected Ansari’s connection and accused it of attempting to sanitise convulsive episodes from history. In a station connected X, Kesavan said the remarks were “shocking” and recalled that Ansari had been the Congress-led UPA’s prime for Vice President twice.“Ghazni was not a overseas invader, helium was Indian'! Indeed shocking remarks by erstwhile Vice President Shri Hamid Ansari ji, who was the Congress led UPA govt's prime for the station of Vice President, not erstwhile but twice. Does the Congress enactment and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi hold with specified whitewashing of mercenary brutal raids arsenic specified home acts, which demolished Hindu temples and murdered thousands?” Kesavan said.
He alleged that Islamic invasions opening successful the aboriginal eighth period had systematically targeted Hindu spiritual sites.Kesavan further said Mahmud of Ghazni carried retired 17 raids into India successful the 11th century, during which helium claimed large temples specified arsenic those successful Mathura and Somnath were attacked. He besides linked the contented to the Congress party’s humanities absorption to the reconstruction of the Somnath temple.Shehzad Poonawala, besides attacked the Congress implicit Ansari’s comments, accusing the enactment of consistently “eulogising Hindu haters” and downplaying atrocities committed against Hindus.Speaking to ANI, Poonawala said, “The Congress ecosystem ever eulogises Hindu haters. Whoever attacks oregon commits atrocities connected Hindus is ever subjected to whitewashing by the Congress ecosystem. Now, Hamid Ansari says that Ghazni was not a cruel person, that helium was conscionable an Indian.
It shows the Hindu hatred they person successful their mind.”
Poonawala besides expanded his disapproval to Congress person Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of disrespecting law institutions and nationalist traditions by skipping cardinal authoritative events.“‘Sena and Samvidhan ka apmaan is Congress’s pehchaan’. Rahul Gandhi feels his household is supra the Constitution and the Army. For him, ‘parivar tantra’ is much important than ‘samvidhan tantra’,” helium alleged.
