AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday slammed the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s attempts at distancing the Hindutva ideology from the mob lynching incidents.
Mr Owaisi tweeted people who are involved in mob lynching “would not know the difference between cow and buffalo” but the names of victims (from a particular community) would be enough for them to kill someone.
RSS के भागवत ने कहा "लिंचिंग करने वाले हिंदुत्व विरोधी"।इन अपराधियों को गाय और भैंस में फ़र्क़ नहीं पता होगा लेकिन क़त्ल करने के लिए जुनैद, अखलाक़, पहलू, रकबर, अलीमुद्दीन के नाम ही काफी थे।ये नफ़रत हिंदुत्व की देन है, इन मुजरिमों को हिंदुत्ववादी सरकार की पुश्त पनाही हासिल है। 1/3
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) July 5, 2021
Mr Owaisi further claimed that people who are involved in the hate-mongering against the Muslim community have the support of the “Hindutva government”.
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh also reacted to Mr Bhagwat’s statement on religious harmony. Mr Singh said if Mr Bhagwat is true to his words, he must give directions that all those BJP leaders who “harassed” innocent Muslims be removed from their posts.
संघ प्रमुख मोहन भागवत बोले- हिंदू और मुस्लिम अलग नहीं, सभी भारतीयों का डीएनए एक है https://t.co/bkfecvXRWE
मोहन भागवत जी यह विचार क्या आप अपने शिष्यों, प्रचारकों, विश्व हिंदू परिषद/ बजरंग दल कार्यकर्ताओं को भी देंगे? क्या यह शिक्षा आप मोदीशाह जी व भाजपा मुख्यमंत्री को भी देंगे?
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) July 5, 2021
Mr Singh further said the RSS chief will not do so, alleging that there is a difference between his words and actions.
The RSS is the ideological mentor of the ruling BJP and has often been accused by its opponent of fostering majoritarianism.
On Sunday, Mr Bhagwat said that those indulging in mob lynching are against Hindutva, and asserted that the law should punish the criminals without any partiality.
(With Input From Agencies)
