BHOPAL: Congress’s Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday said the Union home ministry, while replying to an RTI query, said the concept of a “threat to Hinduism” is imaginary.
“The ministry has no information on such a threat in the country” -- this was revealed by Digvijaya, while he was addressing the Congress party’s ‘kisan kranti padhyatra’ in Sehore, which marched through 100 villages in the district. The former chief minister also tweeted the same claim about the home ministry’s reply on his Twitter account.
Addressing the congregation of Congress workers and farmers of Sehore, Digvijaya said, “I have a friend Manish Jabalpura who lives in Nagpur. And through an RTI, he asked Union home minister Amit Shah’s department if there is a threat to Hindu religion. The ministry said it is imaginary and it has no information about such a threat.”
Digvijaya argued that BJP has been misleading people on the basis of religion simply to garner votes. “I have not made the comment on the threat to Hindu religion, it is Amit Shah’s department that replied to the RTI,” he said.
The former Madhya Pradesh CM sought to debunk claims about India’s population. “They keep reiterating that in 10 or 20 years, Hindus will become a minority and Muslims will be the majority in the country. I challenge BJP to a debate on this. A report has come on the Census, which says that since 1951, the birth rate of Muslims has been steadily decreasing in the country. At present, the birth rate in the Muslim community is 2.7% while in Hindus it is 2.3%,” he said.
Digvijaya said by 2028, the birth rates of Hindus and Muslims will be equal and thereafter the demographic structure and population will stabilise in India.
“BJP says there is a threat to Hindus and Owaisi says there is a threat to Muslims. Truth is, the threat is only to Narendra Modi and Asaduddin Owaisi. No one else is under threat,” Digvijaya added. He further said, “We are suppressed even as BJP tells lies. Congress workers cannot speak the truth. Those who want to be afraid, stay at home. Those who want to put up a fight, come to the field.”
