"Nothing To Do With Hinduism", Rahul Gandhi Hits Out At BJP At Paris Event

Rahul Gandhi's jabs invited a predictably furious response with BJP Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya taunting his rival for "crying... while Bharat achieves global consensus" - a reference to the the weekend's G20 meet.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Sunday, declaring neither "have nothing to do with Hinduism" and that "there is nothing Hindu about what the BJP does...". Mr Gandhi was at an event in France on Sunday, when he said, "I have read the Gita, a number of the Upanishads and many Hindu books... absolutely nothing Hindu about it (the BJP)... " I have read the Gita, Upanishads and many Hindu books. There is nothing Hindu about what the BJP does—absolutely nothing.I have not read anywhere in any Hindu book or heard from any learned Hindu person that you should terrorize or harm people who are weaker than you.They… pic.twitter.com/mEj2vOrAxq The very fact that Rahul Gandhi thinks that Hinduism is practiced by referring to ‘books' shows how shallow his understanding of our dharma.That he has been reduced to crying before a handful of people in some far away European city while Bharat is achieving global consensus… https://t.co/TZk2VmmC6w

"I have not read anywhere in any Hindu book, or heard from any learned Hindu person, that you should terrorise or harm people weaker than you. This idea... this word - 'Hindu nationalist' - this is a wrong word. They are not 'Hindu nationalists'... they have nothing to do with Hinduism," Mr Gandhi emphasised.

Interacting with students at Paris' Sciences PO University, he ripped into the government, which has been widely criticised for suppressing opposition leaders' voices within the country, accusing them of being "out to gain power at any cost".