Addressing a gathering at the Rajiv Sadbhavana Yatra here, Singh hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying BJP was taking up issues that would "divide people on communal lines."
"BJP has changed the meaning of secularism. Those who oppose BJP are being termed as 'anti-nationals'. Those who support them are called nationalists. According to BJP or Sangh, Muhammad Ali Jinnah who was behind the division of this country, is secular and Mahatma Gandhi who fought and took bullet for the unity of Hindus and Muslims is called communal," the senior leader alleged.
Reacting to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's recent remark where he credited his 'RSS teachings' behind taking decision to conduct 'surgical strikes' across LoC, Singh said, "Is it not insulting the Army? Our Foreign Affairs Secretary says surgical strikes were held even before also. You mean to say the Army had the ideology of Sangh at that time also?"
Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar told a Parliamentary panel yesterday that the army had carried out "target specific, limited-calibre, counter-terrorist operations" across the LoC in the past too but this is for the first time the government has gone public about it.
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On the ongoing debate on Uniform Civil Code, the former
MP Chief Minister suggested the government to take the opinion of the Opposition also on board.
"Congress always took the opinions of all religious leaders and took decisions (when in power). Everybody has fundamental rights. When it comes to marriages it depends on the system of that particular religion.
He accused Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao of encouraging defections into the ruling TRS party.
Telangana PCC President Uttam Kumar Reddy, former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy were among those who spoke at the programme.
Former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, M N Rao was awarded the Sadbhavan Award-2016.