BJP slams M Hamid Ansari for calling Ghaznavi an Indian lootera
Former Vice President M Hamid Ansari’s remarks that Mahmud of Ghazni (Mahmud Ghaznavi) was an “Indian lootera” invited sharp criticism by the BJP, which said Congress and its ecosystem romanticise foreign invaders and glorify anti-Hindu tyrants. Making these assertions here on Friday, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi also said that Ansari’s affection for foreign invaders and plunderers reflects his “sick mindset”.
The BJP’s retort came after Ansari was heard saying in an interview that those, including Mahmud of Ghazni, portrayed as foreign invaders and plunderers in history books, were actually “Indian looteras”.
“I have always said that the people we portray as foreign invaders in our history books are that there is one Lodi, someone is Ghazi, and someone is that. They were all Indian looteras.
“They didn’t come from outside. Politically, it’s convenient to say that they destroyed this and that. But they were all Indians,” the former vice president was heard saying in an interview with a journalist.
Sharing the video footage of Ansari’s purported remarks on social media, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla slammed the former vice president for “eulogising” Ghazni, who destroyed and desecrated the Somnath temple.
“After calling Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid as Yuva (youths), now the Congress ecosystem and Hamid Ansari eulogise Ghazni, who destroyed and desecrated the Somnath Mandir. The Congress ecosystem eulogises Mahmud of Ghazni — they oppose Somnath Swabhiman Parv... They whitewash crimes of Aurangzeb and those who did atrocities on Hindus,” Poonawalla said in a post.
