BJP leaders slam Hamid Ansari for 'Muslim unease' comment
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Aug 10, 2017, 04:34 PM IST
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'No better country than India for Muslims and no better friend than Hindus," said BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain
Priti Gandhi, a national executive member of the BJP, asked Ansari if he feels uneasy despite her "Hindu majority nation" placing him "at the pinnacle of power" for 10 years
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NEW DELHI: Some BJP leaders have taken exception to outgoing vice-president Hamid Ansari's comment that "a feeling of unease, a sense of insecurity is creeping in" among the country's Muslims.
"(There is) no better country than India for Muslims and no better friend than Hindus," said BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain.
Hussain was reacting to comments Ansari made during an interview with Rajya Sabha TV. Ansari was asked if the recent spate of lynching and violence by cow vigilantes was making the country's Muslim community apprehensive.
"Yes, it is a correct assessment. From all I hear from different quarters, the country. I heard the same thing in Bengaluru, I have heard from other parts of the country, I hear more about in north India. There is a feeling of unease, a sense of insecurity is creeping in," answered Ansari, according to IANS.
That comment didn't go down well with another BJP leader either. Priti Gandhi, who's a national executive member of the party, in a tweet, asked Ansari if he feels uneasy despite her "Hindu majority nation" placing him "at the pinnacle of power" for 10 years.
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The 80-year-old vice president also had advice for the Muslim community. He said it has to move with the times and live with the requirements of the occasion.
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"Do not create for one self or one's fellow beings an imaginary situation which is centuries back, when things were very different. I mean the whole idea was that what are the challenges today... The challenges today are challenges of development, what are the requirements for development; you keep up with the times, educate yourself, and compete..." he said.
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During the interview, Ansari talked about a range of issues, including the attacks on Africans in India, the functioning of the Rajya Sabha and his relationship with two Presidents -- Pratibha Patil and Pranab Mukherjee -- and Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi.
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When he was asked if he conveyed his apprehensions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said he had but didn't divulge any details.
"Yes.. yes. But what passes between the Vice President and the Prime Minister in the nature of things must remain in the domain of privileged conversation," said Ansari.
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Aug 10, 2017, 04:34 PM IST
HIGHLIGHTS
'No better country than India for Muslims and no better friend than Hindus," said BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain
Priti Gandhi, a national executive member of the BJP, asked Ansari if he feels uneasy despite her "Hindu majority nation" placing him "at the pinnacle of power" for 10 years
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NEW DELHI: Some BJP leaders have taken exception to outgoing vice-president Hamid Ansari's comment that "a feeling of unease, a sense of insecurity is creeping in" among the country's Muslims.
"(There is) no better country than India for Muslims and no better friend than Hindus," said BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain.
Hussain was reacting to comments Ansari made during an interview with Rajya Sabha TV. Ansari was asked if the recent spate of lynching and violence by cow vigilantes was making the country's Muslim community apprehensive.
"Yes, it is a correct assessment. From all I hear from different quarters, the country. I heard the same thing in Bengaluru, I have heard from other parts of the country, I hear more about in north India. There is a feeling of unease, a sense of insecurity is creeping in," answered Ansari, according to IANS.
That comment didn't go down well with another BJP leader either. Priti Gandhi, who's a national executive member of the party, in a tweet, asked Ansari if he feels uneasy despite her "Hindu majority nation" placing him "at the pinnacle of power" for 10 years.
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Priti Gandhi ✔ @MrsGandhi
For 10yrs my Hindu majority nation accepted you with open arms, placed you at the pinnacle of power & you still feel uneasy? Agenda kya hai? https://twitter.com/indianexpress/status/895326627135053824 …
3:04 AM - Aug 10, 2017
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The 80-year-old vice president also had advice for the Muslim community. He said it has to move with the times and live with the requirements of the occasion.
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"Do not create for one self or one's fellow beings an imaginary situation which is centuries back, when things were very different. I mean the whole idea was that what are the challenges today... The challenges today are challenges of development, what are the requirements for development; you keep up with the times, educate yourself, and compete..." he said.
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During the interview, Ansari talked about a range of issues, including the attacks on Africans in India, the functioning of the Rajya Sabha and his relationship with two Presidents -- Pratibha Patil and Pranab Mukherjee -- and Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi.
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When he was asked if he conveyed his apprehensions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said he had but didn't divulge any details.
"Yes.. yes. But what passes between the Vice President and the Prime Minister in the nature of things must remain in the domain of privileged conversation," said Ansari.
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