NEW DELHI: All India Imam Affiliation president Maulana Sajid Rashidi on Monday criticized RSS chief. Mohan Bhagwat‘s remarks on India being a Hindu Rashtra, saying the concept went in opposition to the Structure and the nation’s democratic character. Responding to Bhagwat’s assertion that India is a Hindu Rashtra and that the Structure’s preamble displays this., Rashidi mentioned, “…He doesn’t know {that a} Hindu rashtra can solely be a slogan. Those that are singing the praises of the Hindu nation need to crush the structure. India is just not of 1 faith however of 140 crore residents. If there’s a Hindu kingdom, then the structure of India will die. We see that each one the Islamic nations, the place the rules of the Quran are adopted, aren’t democratic nations. It has grow to be a non secular nation.”Reacting to Bhagwat’s view that the tradition of the bulk needs to be revered and never opposed, Rashidi questioned how can Hindus who’re in majority be threatened terming the assertion “laughable.” “In Dubai there are 8 per cent Hindu, 5 per cent Hindu in Oman, 15 per cent in Saudi Arabia they’re all protected. Right here you have 80 per cent Hindus; majority and they aren’t protected? It’s laughable, and also you’re saying that in a rustic the place from PM to peon is a Hindu. All of the judges are Hindu, IAS, IPS are Hindu and nonetheless the 80 per cent Hindus are at risk,” he added. He alleged that fanning insecurity among the many majority neighborhood was politically motivated and purely oriented for vote financial institution politics. “Telling Hindus that they’re at risk is simply the politics of the vote financial institution, it has nothing to do with the structure,” he mentioned, including, “I imagine that RSS is an enormous group. Its leaders ought to discuss very thoughtfully. The contradictions in his remarks are obvious,” he mentioned. Rashidi additional additionally referred to Bhagwat’s earlier feedback acknowledging the historic and persevering with presence of Muslims in India, after which contradicting them saying, he’s the chief of an enormous group like RSS he ought to make feedback after thorough considering. “On one hand he says there isn’t a India with out Muslims. Muslims had been at all times there, are and can at all times be, then he says everyone dwelling here’s a Hindu, they do not contemplate them Muslims.,Warning of constitutional penalties, if India had been to be a Hindu rashtra he mentioned, “The day this nation turns into a Hindu rashtra, that day the structure will probably be over, then Manusmriti will probably be carried out after which no matter is informed in it is going to occur with Dalits and different religions …”Earlier on Sunday Mohan Bhagwat talking at Kolkata Vyakhyanmala, a session to rejoice the centenary of RSS, mentioned seeing RSS via the lens of BJP is an enormous mistake. He additional added, “There are individuals who unfold flawed narratives concerning the Sangh. Interpretation of the Sangh needs to be goal and never via secondary sources. The aim of the Sangh is group of your complete Hindu society, however it isn’t geared toward opposing others…If you happen to see that Sangh is anti-Muslim, you may make (that) your opinion. However change your opinion in the event you do not discover that.”