Salman Khurshid’s Nainital Home Vandalised, Set On Fire; Congress Leader Shares Visuals | Watch

Congress leader Salman Khurshid's home in Nainital was vandalised and set on Fire on Monday amid uproar over his new book where he has compared 'Hindutva' to radical Islam

New Delhi: Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s home in Nainital was vandalised and set on fire on Monday amid uproar over his new book where he has compared ‘Hindutva’ to radical Islam. According to the video shared by Khurshid on Facebook tall flames, charred doors and shattered window panes at his Nainital home can be seen. Two men are seen trying to douse the fire by throwing water.

“I hoped to open these doors to my friends who have left this calling card. Am I still wrong to say this cannot be Hinduism?”, Khurshid wrote while sharing the visuals.” Taking to news agency ANI, Salman Khurshid said, “I’ve said (in my book) that people who do such things don’t belong to Hindu religion. Hindu religion is a beautiful religion that has given a fantastic culture to this country & I’m proud of it. This attack is not on me but on Hindu religion.”

Asked to comment on the incident, DGI (Kumaun) Neelesh Anand was quoted by news agency ANI as saying, “Rakesh Kapil and 20 others have been booked. Strict action will be taken against perpetrators.”

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Earlier, an injunction suit was filed before a Delhi court seeking to stop the publication, circulation, and sale of Salman Khurshid’s book for allegedly hurting the sentiments of a large section of society, the lawyer of the complainant said on Saturday.

The suit was filed by right-wing group Hindu Sena’s president Vishnu Gupta. Senior Congress leader Khurshid has sparked controversy by reportedly comparing a “robust version” of Hindutva to the jihadist Islam of terror groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram in his book ‘Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times’.

Gupta’s counsel Akshay Aggarwal and Sushant Prakash claimed that the book’s launch event before the assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, slated for early next year, was aimed at polarising and gaining the votes of the minorities.

The petition seeks prohibitory injunction against the publication, distribution, circulation and sale of the book and also ban it “in the larger interest of the society and country”.

The Hindu Sena on Friday demanded a ban on the book, alleging that Khurshid’s statement harms social integrity and hurts the religious sentiments of Hindus.