“Religion should not be used as a vote bank in politics,” says Ghulam Azad

“Religion should not be used as a vote bank in politics,” says Ghulam Azad

While asserting that religion should not used to get political mileage, Ghulam Nabi Azad
DPAP chairman claims that a majority of Indian Muslims have converted from Hinduism. An example of this can be found in the Kashmir Valley where a majority of Kashmiri Pandits converted to Islam. Adding that whoever takes refuge in religion in politics is weak.

At a gathering in Doda district.
he went on to add that some (Muslims) have come from outside and some have not. Nobody has come from outside or inside. Islam came to existence just 1,500 years ago. Hindu religion is very old. Around 10-20 of them Muslims must have come from outside, some were there in the Mughal army.

That all other Muslims converted from Hinduism in India. An example of this can be found in Kashmir. Who were the Muslims in Kashmir 600 years ago? All were Kashmiri Pandits. They converted to Islam. All are born into this religion.

Ghulam Nabi Azad further added that when Hindus die, they are cremated and are burnt in different places. Their ashes are immersed in the river which mixes the water, and we drink that water”.

Later, who sees that the water contains their burnt ashes? People drink that water,” continued the DPAP leader.

He also asserted that similarly Muslims’ flesh and bones become a part of the nation’s soil. “They, too, become a part of this land. Their flesh and their bones forms a part of Bharat Mata’s soil. Hindus and Muslims both merge into this land. What difference is there between them?

News Edit K.V.Raman