On Hindus and Muslims, Rahul quotes Golwalkar in his reply to EC

In his reply to the Election Commission’s notice about his statements regarding the Bharatiya Janata Party spreading communal hatred, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has quoted RSS ideologue MS Golwalkar to back up his statements. [caption id=“attachment_122743” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Rahul Gandhi[/caption] On October 31, the EC had served Gandhi a notice after he made a statement claiming that the ISI is in touch with Muzaffarnagar riot victims and that the BJP was fanning communal fires. A report in the Economic Times says Gandhi, in his reply, has relied on a conversation between Golwalkar and Vinoba Bhave, to back up his claims. The report  excerpts the portion that Gandhi has used in his reply as follows: “Once during a conversation between Shri Vinobaji and the Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Shri Guruji (referring to Golwalkar), a question arose as to where the modes of thinking of Hindus and Muslims differ. Guruji said to Vinobaji that there are good and bad people in every society…. However, it is observed that Hindus even if they are rascals in individual life, when they come together in a group, they always think of good things… When two Muslims come together, they propose and approve of things which they themselves in their individual capacity would not even think of. They start thinking in an altogether different way…" Golwalkar was the RSS sarsanghchalak between 1940 and 1973. Read the full report here .