RSS chief said Hindu rashtra can't be conceived without Muslims: Quraishi

"Insecurity is a major concern for the Muslims. And those who worry: What will happen in Hindutva, well, nobody need have any fears, because in Sanatan Dharma there are millions of Gods," he said

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat met five leaders of the Muslim community recently. Former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi, who was among them, tells Aditi Phadnis about the meeting. Edited excerpts:

What prompted you to have this meeting?
 

The five of us [ex-Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung; former Aligarh Muslim University vice-chancellor Lt Gen (retd) Zameer Uddin Shah; Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Shahid Siddiqui; and businessman S Shervani] are friends and we keep meeting each other. For the past one year or so we’ve been worried about the rising insecurity among the Muslims. Something keeps happening every