The Newshour Debate: India's Taj, not theirs

2014-12-11 23

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan want the Waqf to take over India's pride -- The Taj Mahal -- and BJP MP Yogi Adityanath says it was partly a temple. They race against each other to communalise the Taj Mahal. It's the theatre of absurd in Uttar Pradesh polity. Their sudden obsession with India's pride - The Taj Mahal -- is amusing to say the least. A few BJP leaders' desperation to make a fool of themselves has become evident.

In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Syed Asim Waqar, Leader, SP; Maulana Mohd Sufiyan Nizami, Spokesperson, Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal; Dr. Ajay Alok, General Secy, JD (U); Dr Sambit Patra, National Spokesperson, BJP; Shahid Siddiqui, Chief Editor, Nai Duniya and Rahul Easwar, Social Activist -- discuss whether, first Azam Khan, now Yogi. Saffronising India's jewel?