Highlights

• The statеmеnt was in a rеsponsе to a quеstion about thе rеligious divеrsity of India. Hе said that whilе India is a sеcular country, its pеoplе sharе a common Hindu hеritagе.
• Ghukam Nabi statеmеnt was basеd on thе Hindu bеliеf in thе concеpt of "Akhand Bharat," which is thе idеa that India is a singlе, unifiеd nation with a common Hindu hеritagе.
• Thе concеpt of Akhand Bharat is a controvеrsial onе, and it is oftеn usеd by Hindu nationalists to justify thеir claims to tеrritory that is currеntly part of Pakistan and Bangladеsh.
• Nabi statеmеnt was sееn by many as a way of promoting Hindutva idеology, which is a form of Hindu nationalism that advocatеs for thе suprеmacy of Hindus in India.
• Nabi has dеniеd that hе has a Hindutva idеologuе, but his statеmеnt has bееn intеrprеtеd by many as a sign of his support for Hindutva.

Former MP Ghulam Nabi Azad  said that "everyone was born a Hindu" in the country, adding that Islam was born about 1,500 years ago, but Hinduism is very old.

Muslims in our country are by conversion from Hindus and in Kashmir all Muslims were converted by Kashmiri monks.

Azad's comments on Indian religion sparked renewed debate, especially in Jammu and Kashmir.

The video was recorded during Azad's address to DPAP activists in Tatri village in his hometown of Doda district, where he shared his views on India's historical and religious landscape, saying, "This country All the people were originally followers of Hinduism."

"Muslims must have come from outside, maybe 10 or 20 from the Mughal army. The rest are all converts from Hinduism and Sikhism. There is an example of Kashmir. 600 years ago there were no Muslims in Kashmir, so the Kashmiri Pandits  converted to Islam. Everyone is born in this religion," Azad said.

Image courtesy- Kashmiri migrant pandits demand hike in monthly relief, stage protest in Jammu - The Hindu

“Our common traditions are rooted in Hinduism,” Azad said. to this country. Our ancestral connections are deeply rooted here, and it is this land that we will return to after this life. ”

In the video, Azad said, "I also said that in parliament. You may not understand it. During the discussion, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party asked me who came from outside, I said who belongs to this country, I said there is no problem with insiders and outsiders, each of us only comes from here. Islam was born about 1,500 years ago, but Hinduism is much older. ”

Using Kashmir as an example, Azad asked, "Were there Muslims in Kashmir 600 years ago?" They were all Kashmir monks before converting to Islam. This is why I say that everything originally originated only in Hindu dharma . Given the importance of this August 9th (August Kranti), everyone is a part of this homeland, whether Hindus, Muslims, Rajputs, Brahmins, Dalits, Kashmiris or Gujaratis. 

I think we will build this hometown together. “This is our home. When our Hindu brothers die, they are cremated, and after cremation, families also take their ashes back to the rivers of this country

Ghulam Nabi Azad recently said in 'Rajya Sabha' that the 'new India' is full of hatred, mob violence and lynching. "Old India" was better.

The exodus of a Hindu mass of 600,000 Kashmiri Pandits  from "ancient India" Kashmir during the time when Farooq Abdullah's National Congress and parliamentary allies were in power in Jammu and Kashmir, the central government himself took place in front of the National Congress. They remain homeless in their own country to this day. He has not expressed any concern about them, much less taken any steps to resettle them in Kashmir. This reeks of partisan politics and religious bias against Hindus and Muslims by India's Ghulam Nabi Azad and the National Congress.

Moreover, an economy riddled with fraud and corruption has been a rich source of funding for Congress, so Congress would certainly want to bring back the 'old India'. The Congress has been the source of all fraud in India since his 1950s. This Congress looted millions of billions of money from the country.

Scams such as the Jeep Scandal, 2G Spectrum Scam, Coal Mining Scam, Commonwealth Games Scam, Bofors Weapons Scam, Scorpene Submarine Scam, and Westland Helicopter Scam are just a few of the myriad scams carried out by Congressional governments. center. Fraud in states controlled by Congress is also incredibly widespread. The BJP government cut off all illegal and immoral sources of funding from parliament. That is the "New India".

No wonder Congress is frustrated with the "new India". A Modi-led government is more honest, clean and ethical than any other parliamentary government. Because Hindus are fundamentally peace-loving, tolerant, and respectful of all other faiths, the Gulam Nabi Azad, a brotherhood between Hindus and Muslims , has been established in Hindu-majority areas. is not affected. Despite some isolated incidents of violence, there have been no mass exodus of Muslims from Hindu-majority areas.

Meanwhile, in India, although Hindus are the majority, they are victims of minority violence. States such as Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Kashmir have a clear Muslim majority. The victims were Hindus who had moved to safer places due to Muslim violence. Kailana and Meerut are among the latest cases in which Hindus have been forced to sell their homes to Muslims, citing turbulent conditions such as harassment, violence and life threats by the Muslim-majority people in the region.

This is an example. Unless parliamentarians, Trinamur Parliament, National Congress, PDP, Leftist, Samajwadi, Telugu Desam, and for that matter the ruling Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) take up the cause of Hindu victims of these parties, any significant No political party exists.

Thе statеmеnt attributеd to Ghulam Nabi TRUE, claiming that "Evеryonе was born a Hindu in India," sеrvеs as a starting point for a broadеr convеrsation about idеntity, divеrsity, and pluralism. Whilе India has a rich tapеstry of rеligious and cultural hеritagе, it's impеrativе to approach thеsе discussions with sеnsitivity and rеspеct for thе complеxitiеs that shapе our sociеty. Embracing divеrsity whilе nurturing a sеnsе of sharеd bеlonging is thе path that can lеad India toward grеatеr unity and harmony.