Congress, BJP commerce barbs over Rahul Gandhi’s ‘IUML absolutely secular’ remark

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi’s remark that IUML is a “completely secular party” triggered a political slugfest on Friday with the BJP alleging that the Kerala-based event is guided by the an identical mindset which was behind the Muslim League and the Congress reminding the saffron event about its veteran chief LK Advani’s reward for Mohammad Ali Jinnah all through his 2005 Pakistan go to.

Gandhi, all through a media interaction on the National Press Club in Washington, US, was requested about his event being in alliance with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in Kerala whereas talking about secularism, to which he answered “Muslim League is a completely secular party. There is nothing non-secular about the Muslim League.”

Gandhi’s remark drew a sharp response from the BJP as its leaders alleged that the IUML is guided by the an identical mindset which was behind Jinnah’s All India Muslim League.

Launching a scathing assault in the direction of Gandhi, Union minister Anurag Thakur talked about, “these are the same people who had stayed back after partition. They formed the Muslim League hereafter partition and became MPs. They advocated for Sharia law and wanted separate seats reserved for Muslims. They are the same people who are part of the same Muslim League. It is Rahul Gandhi and the Congress that see Hindu terrorism but feel Muslim League is secular. “

In a counter-attack, the Congress talked about the event Gandhi referred to was fully completely different from the Muslim League, for which the BJP has “more love” and whose chief Jinnah was hailed by Advani.

In a tweet, Congress regular secretary Jairam Ramesh talked about, “Syama Prasad Mookerjee was in league with the Muslim League in the government in Bengal when (Mahatma) Gandhiji launched Quit India movement. SPM was singularly responsible for the partition of Bengal.”

He moreover tagged a tweet by Congress chief Amitabh Dubey who had slammed BJP IT division head Amit Malviya for his criticism of Gandhi, saying “You’re confusing the Kerala-based IUML he is talking about with Jinnah’s Muslim League that took Savarkar’s two-nation theory to its logical conclusion.”

“The same Muslim League with whom BJP founder SP Mookerjee and Hindu Mahasabha formed coalition governments in Bengal, Sind, NWFP (North-West Frontier Province),” Dubey talked about.

Congress’ media division head Pawan Khera hit out on the BJP over its criticism and talked about the BJP-RSS have additional data of Pakistan’s politics and Jinnah’s Muslim League as they share a historic ‘jugalbandi’. He talked about the NDA authorities led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee had despatched IUML chief E Ahamed to Geneva to suggest India.

“IUML established the largest Sanskrit University in Kerala. The BJP also made an alliance with IUML for Nagpur Municipal Corporation. The omniscient Vishwaguru of WhatsApp nursery, please enrich your knowledge,” Khera claimed in a tweet in Hindi.

Meanwhile, the IUML welcomed Gandhi’s assertion that the Kerala-based event is completely secular, saying the Congress chief’s assertion acquired right here from his event’s experience.

“Rahul Gandhi’s statement that the Muslim League is a secular party is based on his party’s experience. We look at it with great responsibility. The Muslim League’s close relationship with Congress dates back to the days of Indira Gandhi,” IUML regular secretary P Okay Kunhalikutty talked about in a Facebook submit.

BJP nationwide spokesperson and MP Sudhanshu Trivedi claimed a hyperlink between the regional event and Jinnah’s outfit, which spearheaded the partition stir amongst Muslims.

“For the Congress, parties such as AIMIM, Muslim League and Indian Secular Front, a West Bengal party formed by a Muslim cleric, are secular and the PFI, a banned radical Islamic organisation, is a cultural body,” he talked about.

Mocking Gandhi, the BJP chief talked about his declare raises a question mark on his data.

Reacting to the BJP’s criticism, Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh talked about the event Gandhi referred to is IUML which is a registered political event in India.

“Is a registered party in India not a secular party? Does the Election Commission get ineligible parties registered? I would like to remind the BJP that this is not the party with which Syama Prasad Mookerjee aligned to form the government in Bengal,” Vallabh talked about at a press conference on the AICC headquarters proper right here.

“That Muslim League of Jinnah is different, with which you formed the government. Rahul Gandhi has not talked about that Muslim League but the thing is that you have more love for that party, therefore, you think that the party being talked about is the one whose leader was Jinnah,” he talked about, slamming the BJP.

Vallabh talked about he want to inform the BJP people who the earlier Congress chief was not talking regarding the Muslim League of Jinnah on whose mausoleum in Pakistan, BJP co-founder Advani had hailed him and known as him “secular”.

In 2005, Advani visited Pakistan and praised the neighbouring nation’s founder Jinnah, triggering criticism from inside his private event.

Hitting out on the BJP leaders for his or her criticism, Vallabh talked about, “so all those who today are talking about IUML should go and ask Advani ji,” he talked about.

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi’s remark that IUML is a “completely secular party” triggered a political slugfest on Friday with the BJP alleging that the Kerala-based event is guided by the an identical mindset which was behind the Muslim League and the Congress reminding the saffron event about its veteran chief LK Advani’s reward for Mohammad Ali Jinnah all through his 2005 Pakistan go to.

Gandhi, all through a media interaction on the National Press Club in Washington, US, was requested about his event being in alliance with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in Kerala whereas talking about secularism, to which he answered “Muslim League is a completely secular party. There is nothing non-secular about the Muslim League.”

Gandhi’s remark drew a sharp response from the BJP as its leaders alleged that the IUML is guided by the an identical mindset which was behind Jinnah’s All India Muslim League.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

Launching a scathing assault in the direction of Gandhi, Union minister Anurag Thakur talked about, “these are the same people who had stayed back after partition. They formed the Muslim League hereafter partition and became MPs. They advocated for Sharia law and wanted separate seats reserved for Muslims. They are the same people who are part of the same Muslim League. It is Rahul Gandhi and the Congress that see Hindu terrorism but feel Muslim League is secular. ”

In a counter-attack, the Congress talked about the event Gandhi referred to was fully completely different from the Muslim League, for which the BJP has “more love” and whose chief Jinnah was hailed by Advani.

In a tweet, Congress regular secretary Jairam Ramesh talked about, “Syama Prasad Mookerjee was in league with the Muslim League in the government in Bengal when (Mahatma) Gandhiji launched Quit India movement. SPM was singularly responsible for the partition of Bengal.”

He moreover tagged a tweet by Congress chief Amitabh Dubey who had slammed BJP IT division head Amit Malviya for his criticism of Gandhi, saying “You’re confusing the Kerala-based IUML he is talking about with Jinnah’s Muslim League that took Savarkar’s two-nation theory to its logical conclusion.”

“The same Muslim League with whom BJP founder SP Mookerjee and Hindu Mahasabha formed coalition governments in Bengal, Sind, NWFP (North-West Frontier Province),” Dubey talked about.

Congress’ media division head Pawan Khera hit out on the BJP over its criticism and talked about the BJP-RSS have additional data of Pakistan’s politics and Jinnah’s Muslim League as they share a historic ‘jugalbandi’. He talked about the NDA authorities led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee had despatched IUML chief E Ahamed to Geneva to suggest India.

“IUML established the largest Sanskrit University in Kerala. The BJP also made an alliance with IUML for Nagpur Municipal Corporation. The omniscient Vishwaguru of WhatsApp nursery, please enrich your knowledge,” Khera claimed in a tweet in Hindi.

Meanwhile, the IUML welcomed Gandhi’s assertion that the Kerala-based event is completely secular, saying the Congress chief’s assertion acquired right here from his event’s experience.

“Rahul Gandhi’s statement that the Muslim League is a secular party is based on his party’s experience. We look at it with great responsibility. The Muslim League’s close relationship with Congress dates back to the days of Indira Gandhi,” IUML regular secretary P Okay Kunhalikutty talked about in a Facebook submit.

BJP nationwide spokesperson and MP Sudhanshu Trivedi claimed a hyperlink between the regional event and Jinnah’s outfit, which spearheaded the partition stir amongst Muslims.

“For the Congress, parties such as AIMIM, Muslim League and Indian Secular Front, a West Bengal party formed by a Muslim cleric, are secular and the PFI, a banned radical Islamic organisation, is a cultural body,” he talked about.

Mocking Gandhi, the BJP chief talked about his declare raises a question mark on his data.

Reacting to the BJP’s criticism, Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh talked about the event Gandhi referred to is IUML which is a registered political event in India.

“Is a registered party in India not a secular party? Does the Election Commission get ineligible parties registered? I would like to remind the BJP that this is not the party with which Syama Prasad Mookerjee aligned to form the government in Bengal,” Vallabh talked about at a press conference on the AICC headquarters proper right here.

“That Muslim League of Jinnah is different, with which you formed the government. Rahul Gandhi has not talked about that Muslim League but the thing is that you have more love for that party, therefore, you think that the party being talked about is the one whose leader was Jinnah,” he talked about, slamming the BJP.

Vallabh talked about he want to inform the BJP people who the earlier Congress chief was not talking regarding the Muslim League of Jinnah on whose mausoleum in Pakistan, BJP co-founder Advani had hailed him and known as him “secular”.

In 2005, Advani visited Pakistan and praised the neighbouring nation’s founder Jinnah, triggering criticism from inside his private event.

Hitting out on the BJP leaders for his or her criticism, Vallabh talked about, “so all those who today are talking about IUML should go and ask Advani ji,” he talked about.