A few weeks back the RSS mouthpiece in Malayalam, Kesari , published an article, by a man who contested the last elections on a BJP ticket, in which the writer argued that Nehru should have been the more appropriate target of Nathuram Godse’s bullets than Gandhi. The article went on to heap as much ignominy on Nehru as possible. The Sangh Parivar could never accept people like Gandhi and Nehru whose vision was extremely inclusive. The Parivar’s own vision was not only exclusive but also filled with hatred for people professing religions other than Hinduism. BJP ad on the Maulana's birth anniversary Mr Narendra Modi is shrewd enough to realise the danger that underlies such a constricted vision. Gandhi and Nehru were (and they still are) highly admired far beyond the borders of Hindutva. Modi as Prime Minister cannot afford to denigrate such figures in other countries at least. Hence he changed the strategy: he decided to incorpor...
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