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Invoking BJP ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya in his speech in Kozhikode on Sunday, Narendra Modi had referred to the word “parishkrit” (purification) while talking about empowering Muslims in the country.
Attacking Modi for the same, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday asserted that with if Modi wants to empower them by “purifying them”, his government is “not walking that talk,” as reported by The Indian Express.
The report quoted Owaisi as further saying:
Countering the view, RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha said that “parishkrit” here implies that Muslims should evolve from the archaic mindset of viewing themselves as the “other” in India’s social fabric.
“They have to critically examine and accept pre-Islamic cultural and intellectual legacy of India,” the report quoted Sinha as saying.
In what was perceived as an attempt to reach out to the Muslim community, Modi had on Sunday said that Muslims should not shunned or rebuked, but empowered.
(Source: The Indian Express)
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Published: 27 Sep 2016,01:13 PM IST