Rahul Gandhi meets Muslim delegation, BJP calls it appeasement politics

PM Modi must be asked questions regarding his meetings with 'crony capitalists', the Congress said in its reply

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday held a meeting with Muslim intellectuals, industrialists and former bureaucrats even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pointed to the Congress party’s “politics of Muslim appeasement”.

The meeting comes a week before the Monsoon Session of Parliament. Issues related to minorities are said to have been discussed in the meeting. The Narendra Modi government is keen to push through the 'triple talaq' Bill during the upcoming session of Parliament.

Sources in the Congress said contrary to media reports, there wasn’t a single Muslim religious leader in the gathering. Congress leader Salman Khurshid and party’s