Mumbai, Sep 22: The shiv Sena Mon urged Indian Muslims “not to let down” Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he praised the community for its patriotism and love for the country in an interview.
“Modi has lauded Indian Muslims for their patriotism…He has initiated a replacement chapter by giving a guarantee of the community’s love for its motherland.
Now, Muslims should not let him down,” shiv Sena aforesaid in a piece within the party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.
Frowning on Hindu hardliners, it aforesaid that by creating this statement, Modi has not diluted his staunch Hindutva ideology.
“Modi is the prime minister of the country and of all communities and people…But, he has been forever painted as ‘anti-Muslim’ by pseudo-secularists of the country,” it realized.
The editorial aforesaid the complete minority community can’t be control to blame for the misdeeds of a handful of Muslims indulging in terror activities.
It recalled “the robust however honest Hindutva” propounded by the shiv Sena patriarch and founder late Bal thackeray.
“(Late) Bal thackeray forever aforesaid he wasn’t against Muslims.
But, forever opposed those that celebrated Pakistani cricket team’s win against india…He considered such Muslims as traitors…Otherwise, he had the best respect for nationalist Muslims,” it said.
Now, Modi has spoken on similar lines, saying Indian Muslims can live and ‘die’ for their country and can not be swayed by terror teams like al-Qaeda – “so, their nationalist credentials can’t be doubted”, the editorial aforesaid.
