India is indeed a Hindu Rashtra

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi's reply to Siddaramaiah, who said, ‘Do not allow India to become a Hindu Rashtra’

Siddaramaiah and Pralhad Joshi from the left.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) – Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had appealed to Congress workers on 21 June not to allow India to become a Hindu Rashtra. Responding to this, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said, “Whatever happens, India is indeed a Hindu Rashtra.”

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Union Minister @JoshiPralhad strongly rebuts Siddaramaiah's call to prevent India from becoming a Hindu Rashtra.

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Siddaramaiah had said that everyone should unite and fight against the BJP and the RSS to save the Constitution. (It is the Congress leaders themselves who have repeatedly undermined the Constitution, yet they keep crying hoarse about saving it ! – Editor.) He had also said that plurality should be preserved and steps should be taken in that direction. (Hindus will no longer tolerate injustice against them in the name of plurality. That is precisely why the Congress is on the path to extinction ! – Editor.)

Joshi said that Siddaramaiah knows that democracy exists here because Hindus form the majority of the population. (The reality is that because this democracy is secular, Hindus are insecure in India today ! – Editor.) “Look at countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh; there is no democracy there,” he added.