Muslims feeling weakened: Robert Vadra links Hindutva push to Pahalgam attack

India Today

23-04-2025

Robert Vadra sparked a row with 'Muslims feeling weakened' remark while speaking about the Pahalgam terror attack where Hindus were singled out and shot at point-blank range. 26 people lost their lives when terrorists attacked tourists who were enjoying a holiday in Kashmir's 'mini Switzerland'.Vadra further said "minorities feel uncomfortable and trouble" in India and blamed the 'Hindutva' push by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government for the same.advertisement"In our country, we see that this government will talk about Hindutva, and the minorities feel uncomfortable and troubled...If you dissect this terrorist act that took place, if they (terrorists) are looking at people's identity, why are they doing this? Because there's a divide that has come about in our country with Hindus and Muslims..," he said.
Vadra further said that terrorists' act of checking identities and killing Hindus is "a message" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Vadra added, "This will make these kinds of organisations feel that Hindus are making a problem for all the Muslims. Looking at identities and then killing somebody, that's a message to the PM, because Muslims are feeling weakened. The minorities are feeling weakened...This has to be coming from the top that we feel secure and secular in our country, and we will not see this kind of acts happening."advertisementBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT Cell head Amit Malviya, shared the video on his X handle, expressed shock over the remark.Malviya wrote, "Shocking! Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra shamelessly defends an act of terror, offering cover to the terrorists instead of condemning them. He doesn't stop there, instead, shifts the blame onto India for the atrocities committed by Pakistani terrorists."Vadra's comments came a day after terrorists opened fire on a group of tourists on Tuesday. The Resistance Front, an offshoot of the banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), claimed the attack sent shockwaves across the country and triggered a mass exodus of tourists from the Valley.