Soft Hindutva

The Congress's pre-assembly election calendar in Madhya Pradesh currently has more religious functions than political rallies -- a situation that is drawing BJP jibes.

A debate is raging in the political circles of Kerala over Congress veteran A K Antony's warning that ignoring Hindus in the name of distancing away from 'soft Hindutva' will only help Prime Minister Narendra Modi to retain power in New Delhi.

"Muslims can go to mosques, Christians to churches; when Hindu friends go to a temple... it's labelled as 'soft Hindutva'..." former union minister says

The ruling Madhya Pradesh BJP, which champions Hindutva, and the opposition Congress, which has been treading the soft Hindutva line since 2018 in the state, have not shown any interest in the one-year long diploma course in Ramcharitmanas.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said he visits temples because he is a Hindu and no one should have objections to it.

"I am a daughter of a Hindu family", asserted Mamata Banerjee and went on to recite ''Chandi Path'', an ode to Goddess Durga, as she treaded the path of "soft Hindutva" to court the majority Hindus in communally cleaved Nandigram on Wednesday.

Congress's Digvijaya Singh has contributed Rs 1.11 lakh for the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya. While the Congress, ahead of the state elections in 2019, had favored what the BJP called a "soft Hindutva" line, Mr Singh was among the first in the party to donate for the temple.

While the BJP is relying on its "Har Har Modi, Ghar Ghar Tulsi" campaign, distributing tulsi or holy basil saplings, the Congress is busy with its "Har Har Mahadev, Ghar Ghar Mahadev" campaign, distributing miniature idols of Lord Shiva or Shivlings among voters in the Sanwer constituency reserved for scheduled caste candidates. While a date has no...

Buoyed by its massive victory in the Delhi assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to contest local body elections across the country as part of an ambitious plan to expand its presence beyond the national capital.

In its maiden budget for 2019-2020, the Kamal Nath government did not impose any fresh tax burden on the people but instead took steps to fulfil promises charted in the party manifesto for last year's Madhya Pradesh assembly polls with the apparent intention of pleasing all sections of society.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said he would not be surprised if the BJP bags all 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, and asserted it was an "ideological victory" for the party that opposition parties were "pursuing soft Hindutva".

The Congress, accused of resorting to soft Hindutva to counter the BJP in the Rajasthan assembly elections, fielded more than a dozen Muslim candidates in the state. And the gamble paid off, at least to some extent.

The Congress cannot defeat the BJP in elections with "soft Hindutva tactics", the CPI-M has warned.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi today said that he was not wedded to Hindutva - "soft or hardcore".

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met Muslim intellectuals and is believed to have told them that his party would adopt an inclusive approach for all sections of the society with an agenda to provide justice to all, addressing concerns that it was adopting a "soft-Hindutva" agenda.

The Congress's pre-assembly election calendar in Madhya Pradesh currently has more religious functions than political rallies -- a situation that is drawing BJP jibes.

A debate is raging in the political circles of Kerala over Congress veteran A K Antony's warning that ignoring Hindus in the name of distancing away from 'soft Hindutva' will only help Prime Minister Narendra Modi to retain power in New Delhi.

"Muslims can go to mosques, Christians to churches; when Hindu friends go to a temple... it's labelled as 'soft Hindutva'..." former union minister says

The ruling Madhya Pradesh BJP, which champions Hindutva, and the opposition Congress, which has been treading the soft Hindutva line since 2018 in the state, have not shown any interest in the one-year long diploma course in Ramcharitmanas.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said he visits temples because he is a Hindu and no one should have objections to it.

"I am a daughter of a Hindu family", asserted Mamata Banerjee and went on to recite ''Chandi Path'', an ode to Goddess Durga, as she treaded the path of "soft Hindutva" to court the majority Hindus in communally cleaved Nandigram on Wednesday.

Congress's Digvijaya Singh has contributed Rs 1.11 lakh for the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya. While the Congress, ahead of the state elections in 2019, had favored what the BJP called a "soft Hindutva" line, Mr Singh was among the first in the party to donate for the temple.

While the BJP is relying on its "Har Har Modi, Ghar Ghar Tulsi" campaign, distributing tulsi or holy basil saplings, the Congress is busy with its "Har Har Mahadev, Ghar Ghar Mahadev" campaign, distributing miniature idols of Lord Shiva or Shivlings among voters in the Sanwer constituency reserved for scheduled caste candidates. While a date has no...

Buoyed by its massive victory in the Delhi assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to contest local body elections across the country as part of an ambitious plan to expand its presence beyond the national capital.

In its maiden budget for 2019-2020, the Kamal Nath government did not impose any fresh tax burden on the people but instead took steps to fulfil promises charted in the party manifesto for last year's Madhya Pradesh assembly polls with the apparent intention of pleasing all sections of society.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said he would not be surprised if the BJP bags all 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, and asserted it was an "ideological victory" for the party that opposition parties were "pursuing soft Hindutva".

The Congress, accused of resorting to soft Hindutva to counter the BJP in the Rajasthan assembly elections, fielded more than a dozen Muslim candidates in the state. And the gamble paid off, at least to some extent.

The Congress cannot defeat the BJP in elections with "soft Hindutva tactics", the CPI-M has warned.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi today said that he was not wedded to Hindutva - "soft or hardcore".

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met Muslim intellectuals and is believed to have told them that his party would adopt an inclusive approach for all sections of the society with an agenda to provide justice to all, addressing concerns that it was adopting a "soft-Hindutva" agenda.