Tribune News Service
New Delhi, November 18
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday reconstituted the party’s disciplinary action committee, nominating former Defense Minister AK Antony as the chairperson. Veteran leader Ambika Soni, former MP Jay Prakash Agarwal and former Karnataka deputy CM G Parameshwara were named members and party general secretary Tariq Anwar was named member-secretary.
Difference
What Mahatma Gandhi stood for is Hinduism. What Nathuram Godse stood for is Hindutva. Congress spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh
The restructuring of the committee comes at a time when the party finds itself embroiled in a Hindu religion versus Hindutva controversy, a debate that was equated by former minister Salman Khurshid in his book on Ayodhya between Hindutva and radical jihadi organizations ISIS and Boko Haram. started after.
Rahul Gandhi then said that Hindutva and Hinduism are different and the former supported violence. The issue has sparked an internal debate with Punjab Anandpur Sahib MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday said on Twitter that the Congress is going down a slippery slope ever since it moved away from Nehruvian socialism. Noting that the Hinduism versus Hindutva debate had “confused” him, Tiwari called for a bigger debate on the issue. Responding, Congress spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh today said: “What Mahatma Gandhi stood for is Hinduism. What Nathuram Godse stood for is Hindutva.”
“All Godse can understand is the uniqueness. Mahatma Gandhi understood the totality of Hinduism… Godse killed Gandhiji because he spoke of inter-religious harmony.” Vallabh slammed Kangana Ranaut for her anti-Gandhi remarks, calling her an “ignorant government actor”. They demanded withdrawal of the National Awards given to them.