Double Speak

The Congress party found itself a little tongue tied after its General Secretary, Digvijaya Singh, shared a dais with a cleric.

Arvind Kejriwal’s liberal and secular credentials were questioned recently when he met with controversial Muslim cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan in a Muslim vote garnering exercise ahead of the Delhi elections. Meem Afzal, a Muslim face of the Congress party, had then been very vocal in his criticism of Kejriwal. But the Congress party now finds itself a little tongue tied after its General Secretary, Digvijaya Singh, shared a dais with the same cleric. At a public function in UP’s Sambhal district, Singh even lauded Khan for bolstering Hindu-Muslim harmony by declaring a need to protect cows. Khan, meanwhile, has been saying that he supports Kerjiwal’s fight against corruption and communalism and, if need be, will campaign for the Aam Aadmi Party.

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Mihir Srivastava