Attempting to downplay the controversy surrounding the intolerance debate, Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said tolerance is in the DNA of this nation which is moving towards development.
"Tolerance is being attacked for votes. Now that Bihar polls are also over, I would like to tell so called champions of tolerance to let the nation live in peace. There is no intolerance in the country. The country is moving forward towards development. The tolerance is in the DNA of this nation," Naqvi told ANI.
On Tuesday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi led a march of her party leaders to the Rashtrapati Bhawan from the Parliament House to register their protest over rising intolerance and communal incidents.
They submitted a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee conveying grave concern at what the party called growing atmosphere of fear, intolerance and intimidation being deliberately created by sections of ruling establishment.