BJP criticises Ansari remarks at Noorani commemorative event

The Bharatiya Janata Party has criticised remarks by former Vice-President Hamid Ansari, saying they exposed what it called the Congress’s “Muslim League-Maoist character”, The Hindu reports. Ansari made the remarks at an event commemorating the late constitutional expert A.G. Noorani.

During the event, he referred to a former prime minister’s view that the real danger to India was not communism but Hindu right-wing communalism. That view was cited from Noorani’s book, “The RSS: A Menace to India”. The supplied material does not identify the former prime minister whose position Ansari referenced, nor does it provide the full text of Ansari’s comments.

The BJP’s criticism was directed at Congress, although the available report does not specify which party leader made the statement or give Congress’s response. It also does not explain whether the remarks were made in relation to a current political dispute. The event was held to commemorate Noorani, but no further details are supplied about the programme, the speakers or the audience.

The report therefore establishes the BJP’s characterisation of Ansari’s comments and the historical argument he cited, without providing enough information to assess the wider political exchange.