Former V-P Hamid Ansari’s remarks exposed ‘Muslim League-Maoist character’ of Congress, says BJP
The BJP has criticized former Vice-President Hamid Ansari for quoting Jawaharlal Nehru's views on Hindu nationalism, claiming it exposes the Congress party's alignment with the Muslim League and Maoist ideologies. The BJP further attacked the Congress for its political alliance with the Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala.
Why it matters
This rhetoric reflects the intense ideological polarization in Indian politics regarding historical figures and communal identity.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (September 21, 2026) claimed that former Vice-President Hamid Ansari “exposed” the “Muslim League-Maoist character” of the Congress party through his remarks about former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s views on “Hindu right-wing communalism”.
At an event commemorating late constitutional expert A.G. Noorani on Saturday (September 19), Mr. Ansari had referred to the former Prime Minister’s view saying that “the real danger to India was not communism, but Hindu right-wing communalism’, citing Noorani’s book The RSS: A Menace to India.
Addressing a press conference, BJP MP and national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the former Vice-President quoted the book, according to which Mr. Nehru said that for him communism was not as great a threat as Hindu nationalism.
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