New Delhi: Former Vice President Hamid Ansari on Friday A.G. The Noorani Memorial Lecture was delivered by late ramble expert and historian A.G. Mentioned Noorani's typesetting The RSS: A Menace to India. During this, he quoted an old statement and said that Jawaharlal Nehru had expressed snooping well-nigh Hindu right-wing communalism rather than communism in terms of threat to India.
In his speech, Ansari moreover talked well-nigh Noorani's work, ramble values, starchy liberties and minority rights. After his statement, discussion regarding this has started in political and social circles.
Which statement of Nehru did Ansari refer to?
Quoting Noorani's typesetting The RSS: A Menace to India, Ansari said that in the preface of this book, Noorani had written what Nehru had said in a meeting of officials of the Ministry of External Affairs. Quoting Nehru from Noorani's book, Ansari said that the threat to India is not communism but "Hindu right-wing communalism". Ansari had made this requirement in his speech on the understructure of the reference given in Noorani's book.
What is written in Noorani's book?
A.G. Noorani's typesetting The RSS: A Menace to India was first published in 2019. In this typesetting of well-nigh 547 pages, the tragedian has written in detail on the insemination of RSS, its history, ideology and its role in Indian politics.
In the book, citing documents related to RSS, thoughts of leaders and historical events, the tragedian has presented his wringer on the role of the organisation.
What did AG Ansari say well-nigh Noorani?
Ansari described Noorani as knowledgeable on issues related to ramble law, history and starchy liberties. He said Noorani's life and writings reflect his transferral to justice, starchy liberties, minority rights, secularism and ramble governance.
Ansari moreover recalled Noorani's personal nature and his past meetings with him. He told that his friendship with Noorani had deepened during their meetings in Delhi.
What has Ansari said surpassing on RSS?
Ansari had moreover expressed his views on RSS during the launch of Noorani's typesetting in 2019. At that time he had said that linking Indian nationalism only to majority religious identity raises serious questions well-nigh the pluralistic nature of the country.
In his recent speech also, he discussed the same topic while keeping in front of Noorani's typesetting and Nehru's statement recorded in it.
Why did the debate start on Ansari's statement?
Ansari's speech describing Hindu right-wing communalism as a threat to India has sparked political debate. Some reports have presented this as Ansari's uncontrived wade on RSS, whereas in the context of the speech, Ansari had said this by quoting Nehru's so-called statement recorded in Noorani's book.
Therefore, while understanding the statement, it is important to distinguish that Ansari had cited a historical statement in his speech, while the historical preliminaries and context of that statement can be a subject of separate debate.
