Amid "Krishna Also Talks To Arjuna About Jihad" Row, Ex Minister Clarifies
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"If you kill Mahatma Gandhi, it is jihad. The act of killing him is jihad," he said, dismissing allegations that he said Lord Krishna taught lessons of jihad.
Former Home Minister and Congress veteran Shivraj Patil, facing bitter criticism by the BJP for "Hindu hatred" over his recent remark that the concept of jihad was not just in Islam but also in Bhagavad Gita and in Christianity, today sought to firefight the controversy saying jihad is an act of killing anyone who speaks the truth. Lord Krishna also taught lessons of jihad to Arjun in a part of Gita in the Mahabharat, he had said. #WATCH | Former Home Minister Shivraj Patil, attempts to clarify his remarks saying Krishna taught lessons of Jihad to Arjun, says, "If you kill Mahatma Gandhi, it is Jihad. The act of killing him is Jihad" pic.twitter.com/HFCFJbB1KG
"If you kill Mahatma Gandhi, it is jihad. The act of killing him is jihad," the 87-year-old leader told news agency ANI, dismissing allegations that he said Lord Krishna taught lessons of jihad.
"Who killed Mahatma Gandhi?" he asked reporters. When asked if that person was a jihadi, he said the act of that murder was jihad.
