February 25, 2015
Trinamool MP quotes Vajpayee to embarrass Govt in Parliament | Transcript
Chief Whip of Trinamool Congress in the Rajya Sabha, Derek O’Brien, today spoke on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address. During his speech, he quoted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee while speaking on communal harmony and unity in diversity. Vajpayee ji had made these comments after the 2002 Gujarat riots.
“I have said that I support Hindutva, the Hindutva preached by Swami Vivekananda. But the type of propaganda on Hindutva that is being carried on now, that is wrong, that is not fair; we have to stay a hundred miles away from that,” Derek O’Brien said, quopting Vajpayee.
He added, “Mein kabhi antar mein soch bhi nahin sakta kisi dusre dharm par apatti ki jaye, akshep kiya jaye. Matbhed hona alag baat hai lekin ‘Sarva Dharma Sambhav’ is desh ki mitti ka gun hain, is desh ki mitti ka khusbu mein hain. Yeh koi 1947 ke baad ka din nahin hain ya koi adhunik kaal mein humne avishkar kiya ho, aisa nahin hai. Is desh main mat-matantaro ko lekar hamesha matbhed rahe hai aur matabhedo ko shanti ke saath shastradh ke dwara hal karne ki parampara rahi hain.”
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