Congress, BJP Clash Over Rahul Gandhi's 'Muslim League Is Secular' Remark
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Rahul Gandhi, during an interaction with journalists at the National Press Club in Washington DC on Thursday, claimed that the 'Muslim League is a "completely secular party".
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is under fire from rival BJP for calling the Muslim League "completely secular" in a US event. While several BJP leaders slammed his remark as "saddening" and "very unfortunate", Congress leaders hit back saying the ruling party was confusing Mohammad Ali Jinnah's All India Mulsim League with the Kerala-based Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), which is in opposition in the southern state as part of the Congress-led alliance United Democratic Front (UDF). Shyama Prasad Mookerjee was in league with the Muslim League in the government in Bengal when Gandhiji launched Quit India movement. SPM was singularly responsible for the partition of Bengal. https://t.co/6wyzqSxcvH Jinnah's Muslim League is a secular party? The party responsible for India's partition on religious lines is a secular party?Extremely unfortunate that some people in India still consider the person who supports the Muslim League as Secular! pic.twitter.com/vkx7mm1fDd #WATCH | "This (Rahul Gandhi's statement) is very saddening. People of India will never accept the insulting of nation on foreign soil," says UP Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi https://t.co/sxbl8ABCBtpic.twitter.com/ZIPsyyoc7W ▪️इण्डियन यूनियन मुस्लिम लीग के संस्थापक इस्माइल संविधान सभा के सदस्य थे।▪️चीन से युद्ध के दौरान इन्होंने अपने बेटे मियाँ ख़ान को भारतीय सेना में शामिल करने की पेशकश की।▪️ई अहमद को अटल जी ने भारत का प्रतिनिधित्व करने जिनेवा भेजा।▪️आईयूमएल ने केरल में सबसे बड़ा संस्कृत विश्व… https://t.co/l26dHrkrBn
Rahul Gandhi, during an interaction with journalists at the National Press Club in Washington DC on Thursday, claimed that the 'Muslim League is a "completely secular party".
Responding to a question on the Congress's alliance with IUML in Kerala, Mr Gandhi said, "Muslim League is a completely secular party, there is nothing non-secular about them. I think the person (reporter) hasn't studied the Muslim League."
Taking a shot at the BJP, Congress said the IUML was different from Jinnah's Muslim League, which the BJP has "more love" for and whose leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah was hailed by former top BJP leader LK Advani.
