After 'Hindu Pakistan' comment, Tharoor asks: 'Have they started a Taliban in Hinduism?'
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Published: Jul 18, 2018, 04:40 IST | Updated: Jul 18, 2018, 04:40 IST
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Tharoor had recently come under severe attack for saying that should the BJP return to power in 2019, India would turn into a 'Hindu Pakistan'
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor recently came under severe attack for saying that should the BJP return to power in 2019, India would turn into a "Hindu Pakistan".
He now seems to have added fuel to the fire.
"They are asking me to go to Pakistan. Who has given them the right to decide that I am not a Hindu like them and I don't have the right to stay in the country?" he said Tuesday in Thiruvanathapuram.
"Have they started a Taliban in Hinduism?" he added.
Tharoor's "Hindu Pakistan" comment had drawn massive ire from the BJP, which asked Congress President Rahul Gandhi to apologise for Tharoor's remarks.
Tharoor in turn asked the BJP to say on record that they did not want the creation of a Hindu rashtra.