Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid's house in Nainital was allegedly vandalised on Monday, amid huge outrage over his comparison between Hindutva and ISIS in his new book.
Khurshid, a former Union minister, has come under sharp criticism for reportedly comparing a “robust version” of Hindutva to the jihadist Islam of terror groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram in his book ‘Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times’. In fact, in his book 'Sunrise over Ayodhya', Khurshid has been on the target of Hindutva organizations after comparing Hindutva with terrorist organizations.
There has been arson and stone-pelting at the house of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid in Nainital. According to the report, the miscreants had a BJP flag in their hands and they entered the house raising slogans. At present, the police have reached Khurshid's house and have brought the situation under control. The fire has been extinguished. Police forces have been deployed outside his house and the situation is being continuously monitored. Police have registered an FIR regarding this attack and started investigation.
Sharing the videos of the incident on his Facebook and Twitter handle, the senior Congress leader wrote: "I hoped to open these doors to my friends who have left this calling card. Am I still wrong to say this cannot be Hinduism?"
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Right-wing group Hindu Sena on Friday demanded a ban on the book, alleging that Khurshid’s statement harms social integrity and hurts the religious sentiments of Hindus.
In a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Hindu Sena president Vishnu Gupta said the comparison made in the book is an attempt to demonise the Hindu religion.