Karnataka Congress working president Satish Jarkiholi on Tuesday caught to his stance concerning the origin of the phrase Hindu, stating that he was keen to resign if his remarks have been proved unsuitable.
Accusing the media of blowing the problem out of proportion, Jarkiholi stated he had solely sought a debate on the origin of the phrase Hindu and never meant to harm any non secular sentiments, at the same time as his remarks have been broadly condemned by BJP leaders.
“There are a whole lot of information to point out that the phrase Hindu is Persian (in origin),” the previous minister stated, referring to Arya Samaj founder Swami Dayananda Saraswathi’s e-book Satyartha Prakasha, Dr G S Patil’s e-book Basava Bharatha and articles revealed within the Kesari journal run by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
One must also take heed to the speeches by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee the place he stated “Hindu” meant a lifestyle,
Jarkiholi stated. “The Supreme Courtroom too has stated the identical in its judgments,” he stated.
Jarkiholi stated at an occasion on Sunday that the phrase Hindu was of Persian origin and requested what was the relation between Hindu and India. “If you happen to perceive the that means of the phrase, you’ll be ashamed… The that means of the phrase Hindu could be very soiled. I’m not saying this. That is on the web site… You could have introduced this faith, (and) phrase from some other place and are imposing it on us. This needs to be mentioned,” he stated.
“I didn’t make these statements to insult anybody. I’m an individual who doesn’t imagine in any faith or caste,” he stated, including that the media projecting his remarks as an enormous mistake was not proper. “If you happen to proceed to take action, I should resort to defamation or different authorized recourse…. There is no such thing as a query of me insulting any faith or language. I simply stated that the phrase is Persian… I’ve learn historical past.”
The Congress chief stated that the origins of the phrase might be mentioned in an unbiased discussion board with consultants from all sides.
In reply to a query, Jarkiholi urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and senior BJP chief B S Yediyurappa to arrange a panel (to analysis the origin of the phrase). “If the report says (I’m unsuitable), I’ll resign,” he stated.
Earlier within the day, Bommai lashed out at Jarkiholi saying that he had at all times made statements that damage non secular sentiments. “Along with his half-cooked data, with none depth, he’s making such statements to appease minorities for votes,” the chief minister stated. Creating such tensions inside the nation quantities to treason, Bommai contended, including that the Congress behaved as if it accredited the assertion.
Yediyurappa demanded an apology to the nation from Jarkiholi for his remarks.
State Congress president D Okay Shivakumar stated that Jarkiholi’s remarks weren’t acceptable to the occasion. “It’s his private stand,” he stated, including that he would ask Jarkiholi to make clear his view.