In Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna's editorial Uddhav Thackeray has supported RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comment on Hindu rashtra and took on Congress for calling him Hitler.
"There is nothing unusual that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is now being targeted for calling this nation Hindu rashtra. This nation's base was made on pseudo secularism. Muslim appeasement is done for political benefits. Here it is bound to happen that Bhagwat will be targeted," he said.
Uddhav, however, took credit for maintaining Hindutva agenda even when the Congress government was in power.
"It's true that since Modi has become prime minister now, many have started becoming vocal with their Hindutva thoughts. But even when there was Congress government, Sawarkar and Balasaheb Thackeray said this many times without any hesitation," he stated in the editorial.
For Modi's victory Uddhav gives credit to Hindutva agenda.
"Modi became PM only because of his strong hardline Hindutva thoughts. Hindus in this country got together and voted for Shiv Sena and BJP. It is because of that not a single Muslim MP could get elected from UP, Bihar, Delhi and Rajasthan .if this continues then it won't take much time to make this nation a Hindu rashtra," he said.
The RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP with millions of members in India and abroad, has raised its "Hindu nation" pitch after the rise of Narendra Modi to power.
Speaking at an event in Mumbai earlier on Sunday, Bhagwat called for unity among all Hindus to form a Hindu state. "For the next five years, we have to work with the aim of bringing equality among all Hindus in the country. All Hindus should be drinking water at one place, should be praying at one place and after their death, their bodies should be burnt at the same place," he said.
The statement, explicitly aimed at consolidating Hindu vote ahead of crucial Assembly elections, was slammed by Congress for its divisive agenda.
At the same event on Sunday, Bhagwat also said, "Hindustan Hindu rashtra hai (India is a country of Hindus)," repeating what he had said last week.
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