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Indian politician courts controversy over ‘Hindu Pakistan’ comment

Shashi Tharoor

By: Keerthi Mohan

Indian politician Shashi Tharoor has courted controversy for saying the BJP would make India a “Hindu Pakistan” if it came to power in 2019. Tharoor’s party, the Congress, has urged him to keep “restraint and caution” but Tharoor firmly defended his statement to NDTV saying: “Why should I apologise when they enshrine the ideals of a Hindu Rashtra?” The BJP has demanded Tharoor apologize for the comment that he made during his lecture on the “Threats faced by Indian Democracy and Secularism.” Tharoor had said the country will be in great danger if “they (BJP) are able to win a repeat of…

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