Don’t fall in Cong trap,Yashwant advises Modi

Modi’s attack in Pune on Sunday that the Congress wore the burqa of secularism to hide its failures whenever it was in crisis stung the party which attacked Modi saying that the burqa (veil) of secularism was better than “naked communalism”.

“The burqa of communalism is much better than naked communalism. While communalism divides,secularism binds,” Congress general secretary Ajay Maken told a specially convened press conference.

His party colleague and Union Minister Manish Tewari said the choice before the people was an inclusive India or an India which is sectarian. “The vision of the Congress party is pluralistic and inclusive. And the vision of the section of the opposition has been sectarian,majoritarian and communal right from the beginning,” Tewari said.

Yet another minister Shashi Tharoor also joined the debate reminding Modi of his RSS pracharak days and saying secularism burqa was preferable to the ‘khaki shorts of the Italian fascists which signify intolerance and hatred”. “Secularism burqa in my view is preferable to the khaki shorts of the Italian fascists of the 1920s. Shorts which signify intolerance and hatred,which he is not trying to hide. He was a RSS pracharak,” he said. “One may represent a particular attitude to a certain faith,the other represents hatred and intolerance of other communities and belief systems. That is what is wrong,” he said at a function here organised by FICCI here.