‘BJP ideology’ root cause of Kharge ‘shuddhikaran’ row, alleges Congress MP Shashi Tharoor
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, has reacted to the alleged untouchability incident in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, involving Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge. He stated that what recently occurred in Haldwani is not just an attack on Congress President <a href="https://www.abplive.com/search?s=Mallikarjun-kharge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mallikarju…
Uttarakhand: Congress to Hold Silent Fast in Haldwani over 'purification' Ritual After Kharge Rally
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Uttarakhand Leader of Opposition (LoP) Yashpal Arya on Saturday said that around 300-400 Congress leaders and workers will observe a silent fast accompanied by Ramdhun at the Ramlila Ground in Haldwani. India News | Uttarakhand: Congress to Hold Silent Fast in Haldwani over 'purification' Ritual After Kharge Rally.
"Direct assault on dignity of every Dalit citizen": Shashi Tharoor slams "BJP's ideology" amid chaos over Haldwani 'shuddhikaran' row
"Our fight is not about political coalitions, minor disputes, or routine party rivalries. The Congress Party's primary battle is to protect the Constitution of India and relentlessly confront the discriminatory ideology that seeks to undermine it," Tharoor said.
An incident that took place in Haldwani, Uttarakhand in August 2026 should have shaken India’s democratic conscience. After Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress president and a prominent Dalit leader in Indian public life, returned from addressing a political rally at Ramlila Maidan, a group calling itself Shri Ram Sena arrived there and ‘cleansed’ the place where he had stood. If the social implication of such an act is the notion that because a pe…
Tharoor strongly rejected attempts to dismiss this act as mere "cleaning" or a simple "purification." He said that "purifying" a place after the presence of a prominent Dalit leader directly constitutes a practice of untouchability.
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