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No
distinction between majority, minority terror: Sonia
Sunday December 19, 2010 02:02:12 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Congress
makes no distinction between groups from majority and minority
communities which indulge in terrorism, party chief Sonia Gandhi
said Sunday, describing communal forces as "very dangerous" to the
India's secular credentials.
In her remarks at the inaugural session of the party's plenary at
Burari here, Gandhi said the country is defined by its deep and
abiding commitment to secularism and has fought against all forms
of communalism, regardless of their source.
"Congress makes no distinction between organisations of the
majority and minority communities who indulge in communalism and
related acts of terrorism. They are all dangerous and must be all
defeated," Gandhi said.
Her remarks came days after party general secretary and her son
Rahul Gandhi's remarks - that terror from Hindu radicals may be a
bigger threat than support for Islamist groups from some in the
Muslim community - triggered a political storm and a war between
the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.
She said communal forces were misusing religion for "vested
interests" and "creating walls of hatred".
"We cannot ignore such elements who provoke people to violent
means by using religion. They are very dangerous," she said.
Sonia Gandhi said secularism means respect for all religions and
celebration of others' faiths and beliefs.
"We cannot ignore the pernicious impact of individuals,
institutions and ideologies that distort our history, that thrive
on spreading religious prejudice and that incite people to
violence using religion as a cover," she said.
Sonia Gandhi said that India, if it loses its secular moorings,
would no longer remain "the India that our founding fathers and
great leaders fought for and even gave their lives for".
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