Secularity Scrutiny: Rahul’s Muslim League Feedback Spark Controversy

INC chief Rahul Gandhi’s feedback on the secularity of Muslim League has sparked a raging controversy in India, with the BJP attacking Congress and Gandhi for mischaracterising the occasion in debate.

Indian Nationwide Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has sparked yet one more controversy by way of his feedback on the Indian Union Muslim League, stating that it’s a “fully secular occasion” and that there’s “nothing non-secular” about it. The Bharatiya Janata Occasion has attacked Gandhi in addition to Congress for the assertion, characterising it as “saddening” and “unlucky.”

Gandhi made this comment in an interactive session at Nationwide Press Membership in Washington D.C. He was requested about his occasion’s criticism of the allegedly Hindu nationalist ruling occasion of India even if his personal occasion is in coalition with a “Muslim occasion” in Kerala.

Criticism from BJP

Leaders of BJP launched an offensive towards Gandhi, attributing the IUML as a successor to Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s Muslim League that was liable for India’s partition. Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur attacked the IUML by stating that the occasion consists of people that stayed again after the partition, and that they “advocated for Sharia legislation.” Thakur claimed that Gandhi has to favour the Muslim League since he has to contest Lok Sabha from Wayanad, a Muslim-majority constituency.

Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi, nationwide spokesperson of BJP, echoed Thakur’s claims by equating Congress’ ally with Jinnah’s outfit. Trivedi asserted that Jinnah’s Muslim League had dominated the pre-Independence provincial polls within the area the place Kerala is in the present day. Trivedi additionally cited sure legislations proposed by Congress and IUML in 2013 that had been made to facilitate the bulk Muslim inhabitants solely. Lastly, Trivedi accused Congress occasion of terming Islamic events like AIMIM, IUML, and Indian Secular Entrance as secular, in addition to mischaracterising radical Islamic organisations like PFI as “cultural” our bodies.

Protection of the Congress Spokespersons

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera drew a pointy distinction between the Muslim League led by Jinnah and the Congress ally IUML. He acknowledged that even BJP has allied with IUML in 2012 to retain the Nagpur Municipal Company. Nevertheless, he didn’t touch upon the secularity of IUML, the matter beneath scrutiny. A number of Congress leaders additionally counterattacked BJP leaders, terming them as “illiterate” and as peddlers of faux information.

What does IUML’s Web site Say?

The web site of Indian Union Muslim League phrases itself because the “solely Muslim community-catering group.” Beneath the achievements of the occasion, the web site claims that IUML “fought” for the preservation of Muslim Private Regulation. The occasion additionally efficiently led an agitation to bestow minority character to Aligarh Muslim College. Moreover, the web site mentions the way it continues to combat for pursuits of the minorities, and “reservation for the Muslims as a minority” in establishments.

Based mostly on the web site of the IUML occasion itself, it’s evident that the occasion works for the upliftment of the Muslim group, and advocates for a number of rights corresponding to reservation for the Muslim group solely. The web site doesn’t point out every other minority faith or group in its “about” part. Contemplating the statements from its personal web site, Rahul Gandhi’s assertion in Washington D.C. is controversial a minimum of and debatable at finest.