Veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s remarks, in which he said Hindutva is Hinduism in paranoia, have sparked a political row, with the BJP accusing him of insulting Sanatan Dharma.
Aiyar spoke at a debate titled “Hinduism Needs Protection From Hindutva” at the Calcutta Club yesterday. Hosted by the Calcutta Debating Circle on Sunday, the debate had Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, former MP Swapan Dasgupta, lawyer J Sai Deepak, BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul, historian Ruchika Sharma and veteran journalist Ashutosh as the other speakers.
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