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Occupancy of Rashtrapati Bhavan, Hyderabad House represents victory of Hindus over Islam and Christians: Swamy

Subramanian Swamy hit back at Asaduddin Owaisi who had asked PM Modi to stop hosting dignitaries at Hyderabad House.

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On Tuesday, Subramanian Swamy waded into the outrage over the Taj Mahal. Reacting to Sangeet Som's statement that Taj Mahal was built by 'traitors', AIMIM leader Asauddin Owaisi had said: "It is very sad that a minister, who has taken oath on the Indian Constitution, has commented in such a way. I challenge this government to tell the UNESCO to remove the Taj Mahal from the world heritage list. This statement clearly shows what the priorities of this government are and that they have no relevance or respect towards the Taj Mahal."

He had said: "If whatever MLA Sangeet Som has said is true then why does Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoist a flag on the Red Fort on a place which is built by traitors? My question to the party is - Will Prime Minister Modi stop hoisting the flag after this statement? Or will he stop hosting foreign dignitaries in the Hyderabad House? In fact, Prime Minister Modi wore Rs. 25 lakh suit and served tea to former United States president Barack Obama," he said.

Reacting to the statement, Subramanian Swamy said that the occupancy of Rasthrapati Bhavan and Hyderabad House was a victory of Hindus over 'barbaric forces of Islam and Christians'.

 

Placing the Taj Mahal in the crosshairs of another controversy, BJP MLA Sangeet Som today questioned the 17th century architectural marvel's place in India's heritage and said history would be rewritten to erase Mughal emperors from it.
Som's comments during a visit to Meerut district yesterday prompted an angry response from All India Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi who asked if the government would tell tourists not to visit the monument.

The BJP stepped into the row with party spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao describing Muslim rule in India as "barbaric and a period of incomparable intolerance" while asserting that its members could hold any opinion they want on specific monuments.

Som, the party's legislator from Sardhana, also distorted history to say it was built by an emperor who had imprisoned his father and targeted Hindus.

In fact, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, was the one imprisoned till the end of his days by his son Aurangzeb.

In comments that came soon after the Yogi Adityanath government reportedly left out the Taj Mahal from an official tourism booklet, Som said, "Many people were pained to see that the Taj Mahal was removed from the list of places (tourist destinations). What type of history? "Is this history that the person who built the Taj Mahal imprisoned his father? Do you call it history when the one who built the Taj targeted many Hindus in Uttar Pradesh and Hindustan?"

The legislator went on to say that if such people are renowned in history, he "guarantees" that history will be rewritten.


With inputs from PTI and ANI

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