After "Hindu Pak" jibe, Tharoor wonders if Talibanisation has

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Press Trust of India Thiruvananthapuram
Last Updated : Jul 18 2018 | 3:35 PM IST

Days after the walls of his office here were defaced by BJP youth wing members, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has wondered whether "Talibanisation of Hinduism" has started.

Tharoor had recently courted a huge controversy with remarks that the BJP, if voted to power again, will rewrite the Constitution and pave the way for creation of a "Hindu Pakistan".

"They are asking me to go to Pakistan. Who has given them the right to decide that I am not a Hindu like them and so I cannot live in India?

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First Published: Jul 18 2018 | 3:35 PM IST

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