Ramanagaram: Former CM and JD(S) State President H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) has counter attacked AICC President Rahul Gandhi’s statement that JD(S) is not a secular party but ‘Sangh Parivar’ party, asking him if Congress was a secular party.
He was speaking at Magadi in Ramanagaram as part of Kumar Parva convention on Mar.25 and said that he had immense faith and respect for all religions and caste and he looked at all of them equally and that is what is secularism. “However, what about your party? For years you have wooed the Minorities and having believed that Majority is in your fold ignored them and claim that you are secularists,” he thundered. “Because you ignored the dominant communities your party is on the verge of being decimated. At the time of drowning, your party needed a strong, true pro-secular leader. However, a person like you who does not understand the political realities and India’s social fabric has been made the leader. You are easy fodder to BJP which is out to create a Congress-Mukth Bharat,” said Kumaraswamy expressing his anger.
