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No ‘soft Hindutva’ in Telangana as Congress goes all out to court all religions

747 views · Published 28 November 2018 · 1:52 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: ThePrint · 2018 · News & Politics

Accused of adopting soft Hindutva in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Congress has offered sops to all religious communities in its manifesto for Telangana that goes to polls on 7 December.

From announcing a monthly honorarium for imams and maouzans, promising salaries at par with government employees for temple priests to taking steps to ensure SC status for Dalit Christians, the Congress has sought to appease all sections in its manifesto released in Hyderabad Tuesday.

Stating that it believes in unity in diversity, the Congress has promised the establishment of three finance corporations — Muslim minorities finance corporation, Christian minorities finance corporation and the linguistic and other minorities’ finance corporation.

The party has also promised free power supply to all temples, mosques, churches and other places of worship.

The Congress is in an alliance with the TDP, TJS and the Communist Party of India (CPI), dubbed the Mahakutami, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling TRS are contesting independently. The CPI(M), the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and a number of smaller parties have joined hands to form the Bahujan Left Front.



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No ‘soft Hindutva’ in Telangana as Congress goes all out to court all religions

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