Jaipur: BJP's victory in Gujarat polls would be a turning point in Indian history as
the experiment of 'Hindutva lab' would be repeated in Delhi via Rajasthan, VHP
(Vishwa Hindu Parishad) international general secretary Praveen Togadia said on
December 15.
"Hindutva lab has started functioning in Jaipur as the BJP won all the three seats
which went to bypolls in Rajasthan and the final result will come by next Assembly
elections in the state due in 2003," he told a press conference in Jaipur.
"When 'madrasas' opened in parts of the country could train jihadis and educate
fundamentalism, why can't the VHP set up its Hindutva lab?" Togadia, camping in
Rajasthan for the last two days, asked.
"Minorities should decide themselves how they want to live in India...VHP will not
decide their future...it is a question of co-existence in the Hindu rashtra," Togadia
said.
"The creation of Hindu rashtra is the real development in the Indian society," he
said.
Proposing to revive the issue of Ram Mandir by mobilising Hindus, he said, "Hindu
rashtra could be expected in next two years...we will change the Indian history and
Pakistan's geography by then."
Both the BJP and Congress have to change their outlook on Hindu rashtra, he said,
adding there was a need to change the mindset of minorities and the Congress has to
change its appeasement policy.
Likening Congress to Muslim League, he said the "self-claimed secular Congress lost
in Gujarat and Rajasthan because of its anti-hindutva campaign and appeasing of the
minorities."
PTI
