'Danger to India not from communism': Ansari's Hindu right-wing remark sparks row
Former Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari cited Jawaharlal Nehru's historical warnings against Hindu right-wing communalism during a memorial event for jurist A.G. Noorani. The speech criticized current trends in India that favor cultural nationalism over the country's established civic nationalism.
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The remarks reflect ongoing political debates in India regarding secularism, national identity, and the influence of religious ideology on governance.
NEW DELHI: Former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday cited former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru's remarks about the “danger to India” while referring to concerns raised by late constitutional expert and author AG Noorani in his book The RSS: A Menace to India.He was addressing the event, titled “Remembering a Polymath: The Life and Times of Abdul Ghafoor Noorani”, organised at the India Islamic Cultural Centre to commemorate the life and works of the jurist and author.Addressing an event, Ansari recalled jurist and author Abdul Ghafoor Noorani's observations in the introduction to his 2019 book and cited remarks by Nehru that were recorded by former Foreign Secretary Jagat Singh Gundevia during a meeting of Ministry of External Affairs officials.‘The RSS: A Menace to India’ was the title of the book published in 2019. The opening lines of the introduction, where A.G.
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