New Delhi: BJP on Monday harped on Hindutva agenda at its National Council meeting.
The mood was evident right from the word go at the meeting as party chief Rajnath Singh raked up the Afzal issue, turned aggressive on Ram Setu and opposed minority appeasement.
However, the strategy seems to be different this time around with the party no longer focusing on contentious issues like common civil code, special status for Jammu and Kashmir and Ayodhya.
Singh said the word ”minority” has created a crisis in the country and demanded that it be redefined as he lashed out at the government’s ‘minority appeasement’ policies.
‘I request the government to legally define the term minority and also appropriately determine in what spheres it would be applicable,” he said noting that many misconceptions are associated with the term.
The BJP chief said: ”Various court judgements are also echoing questions such as who is a minority, on what basis and in which region and this takes different connotations depending upon the prevailing situation and the geographical area in different parts of the country.”
He said the BJP will go to any limit to thwart any move to introduce ”communal budgeting” as he criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for saying that minorities should have the first claim on national resources.
Singh said BJP after returning to power would discontinue with the scheme of allocating more funds to minority-dominated districts.
Source: NDTV.com
