Hindutva of RSS breaks people, won’t let my religion be politically hijacked: Digvijaya Singh

Expressing that he did not advertise his religious beliefs, Singh said that his Hindu religion is a matter of faith and, therefore, “I did not advertise my Narmada parikrama or the traditions of Raghogarh temple. Since when the people of BJP came between me and my religion and became certificate distributing agents?”

मेरा हिंदू धर्म मेरी आस्था है। इसीलिए मैंने अपनी नर्मदा परिक्रमा का प्रचार नहीं किया, राघोगढ़ मंदिर की परम्पराओं का कभी प्रचार नहीं किया, दशकों गोवर्धन परिक्रमा और पंढरपुर दर्शन का प्रचार नहीं किया। भाजपा के लोग कब से मेरे और ईश्वर के बीच आ गए ,सर्टिफ़िकेट देने वाले एजेंट बन गए?

— Digvijaya Singh (@digvijaya_28) April 20, 2019

The senior Congress leader, while talking about Sanatan Dharma, added that he will never hand over his religion to Hindutva. “I believe in Hinduism which has been showing the path to people for thousands of years. I will never hand over my religion to Hindutva which is Sangh’s conspiracy to win political power. I have pride over my Sanatan religion which says the world is one family,” Digvijaya added.

The statements came hours after the Election Commission of India served a showcause notice to his opponent BJP candidate Pragya Thakur for her comments on late Hemant Karkare.

The BJP has often targeted Digvijaya Singh for ‘tarnishing the Hindu community’ by using the term Hindu or saffron terror.

Justifying the announcement of Pragya Thakur from Bhopal, BJP leader Ram Madhav had said that she was the “right challenger” for Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who he accused of ‘propagating the dubious and mischievous idea of Hindu terror’. “She is probably right challenger for a person like Digvijaya Singh who is largely responsible for propagating the dubious and mischievous idea of Hindu terror in this country. He needed a proper challenger,” Madhav had said.