3 Types of Ghazni's in Modern India

Pune, Monday, December 30, 2002:

In a speech peppered with frequent attacks on Congress President Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin, firebrand VHP leader Pravin Togadia on Sunday said "political Ghaznis" would like to bring her to the seat of power.

In an apparent reference to the Afghan Sultan Mahmood of Ghazni's invasion of India in 17th century, he said "three types of Ghaznis have done immense damage to the country which include the Jehadi Ghazni, the secularist Ghazni, which protect the Jehadis, and political Ghazni which wants to bring "Italy ki beti to the seat of power."

"If these political Ghaznis want, they won't think twice to bring daughter of Sindh Benazir Bhutto in India," he told a Dharma Sabha organised by VHP here.

Togadia said when Ram Bhakts were roasted alive in Godhra, why Sonia Gandhi did not protest. "Did you bother to take a rally to catch those culprits responsible for the Godhra massacre," he said.

Sonia Gandhi was not interested in Hindus as she was more interested in the minorities, he said and added "why has she not visited Jammu and Kashmir where lakhs of Hindus have been massacred. Why has she(Sonia Gandhi)  not consoled the relatives of 12,000 army personnel killed in the valley."

Stating that Hindu lion has awakened after the results of Gujarat elections, Togadia said the only thing which the Jehadi Ghaznis of India deserve is death by hanging.

"For the secular Ghaznis what I advocate is samuhik bahishkar (public boycott)," he added.

The VHP leader said the government did not think twice when it comes to register case against Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. "But then why not against Imam Bukhari".