by A.G. NOORANI
The use of terror by Hindutva ideologists has a long history.
THIS book by three academics of high credentials could not have made a more timely appearance. The president of one of the largest parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rajnath Singh, and its desperately impatient prime ministerial aspirant, L.K. Advani, began running around like headless chickens once Hindutva adherents were cited by the police as suspected culprits in terrorist attacks in several parts of the country over time.
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh’s (RSS) guru, M.S. Golwalkar, said on June 11, 1970, that Muslims can be taught to identify themselves with India’s “culture” by “beating” them. “We have not done any beating. But if, as and when we do teach by beating, it will be like the mother’s beating of her child…. for the child’s welfare.”
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