Rahul Gandhi calls the Muslim League, an off-shoot of Jinnah’s party, a "secular party"

In a shocking development, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is currently on a visit to the US, said that the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) which is an off shoot Jinnah’s Muslim League, the party responsible for India’s partition, on religious lines, is a secular party

 

 

He further that there is nothing non-secular about it.

 

The flashpoint was the Gandhi scion’s remarks during an interaction with reporters at the National Press Club in Washington DC. A reporter asked Rahul Gandhi about the Congress's alliance with Muslim League in Kerala in the context of its championing secularism and opposing the BJP’s Hindutva politics.

 

 

 

“Muslim League is a completely secular party. There is nothing non-secular about Muslim League. think the person [who asked the question] hasn’t studied the Muslim League,” he added.

 

A clip of the Congress leader’s response started doing the rounds on social media. The BJP latched on to the video and hit out at Gandhi for his “disingenuous and sinister” statement. 

 

“Jinnah’s Muslim League, the party responsible for India’s partition, on religious lines, according to Rahul Gandhi is a ‘secular’ party. Rahul Gandhi, though poorly read, is simply being disingenuous and sinister hereâ€æ It is also his compulsion to remain acceptable in Wayanad,” tweeted BJP I-T Cell incharge Amit Malviya.