कांग्रेस और उसका हिंदुत्व | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yuCTRTa--k Qurban Ali The Caravan Magazine Nov 18, 2023
In this episode of The Caravan Baatcheet, host Vishnu Sharma talks to senior journalist and author Qurban Ali on the Congress party’s Hindu card. Qurban Ali wrote an extensive article in our October issue, explaining how the Congress legitimised the Sangh’s communal politics. During Indira Gandhi’s era, especially after 1977, the Congress deviated from the ideology developed during the Independence movement, and began appeasing Hindu majoritarianism. It was during this time that the Congress openly started playing the Hindu card—Indira revived the Vishva Hindu Parishad, extended support to the Hindu Mahasabha and facilitated a Virat Hindu Sammellan through Karan Singh, to name just a few instances. This trend continued during Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure, who won the 1984 election on a blatant Hindu card, leading up to the opening of the lock of the Babri Masjid.
The Hindu Card: How the Congress legitimised the Sangh’s communal politics https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/how-congress-legitimised-sangh-communal-politics