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This is an archive article published on June 25, 2012

RSS attacks Nitish Kumar,bats for Narendra Modi

In an apparent attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his remark that prime minister should have secular credentials

In an apparent attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his remark that prime minister should have secular credentials,the RSS batted for Narendra Modi in its mouthpiece. An editorial in Panchajanya said such comments were being made for vote-bank politics and minority appeasement.

Soon after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwats comments last week that a Hindutva face can become the PM,the editorial sought to know why there was an aversion to Hindutva in a country where 85 per cent of the population is Hindu.

What is the meaning of saying prime minister of the country should be secular? Our Constitution makers did not give any such distinguished identity to the prime ministers post,perhaps because they believed that India has always stood for eternal values,religion and culture,and the basis of our society and national life is the feeling of all-inclusiveness and mutual existence, said the editorial.

The mouthpiece,however,did not name Kumar or his party JDU,and targeted the Congress. Kumar had virtually ruled out Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as an NDA prime ministerial candidate last week when he said the PM should have secular credentials and should be acceptable to all allies.

 

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