"Nothing Wrong": Karnataka Congress Leader Defiant Amid 'Hindu' Remark Row
NDTV
Satish Jarkiholi is the working president of Karnataka Congress and has served as minister in the previous Janata Dal Secular-Congress government
Karnataka Congress leader Satish Jarkiholi today claimed that many books mention the "Persian" roots of the word 'Hindu', a day after his remark on the origin of the word stoked a massive controversy.
"There's nothing wrong in what I said. There are hundreds of records about how this Persian word (Hindu) came. This has been mentioned in Swamy Dayanand Saraswati's book 'Satyarth Prakash', Dr GS Patil's book 'Basava Bharatha' and Bal Gangadhar Tilak's 'Kesari' newspaper as well. These are just 3-4 examples, there are many such articles available on Wikipedia or any website, you should please read it," he said in a video statement.
Mr Jarkiholi is the working President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee and has also served as forest minister in the previous Janata Dal Secular-Congress government. He made the remark during an event in Belagavi district on Sunday.
The Congress leader had said that the word "Hindu" has a vulgar meaning and asked how people can accept the word when it had no connection with India.
