more-inMumbai: Often accused of minority appeasement by its opponents, the Congress is set to enter unexplored territory, bringing Hindu saints and monks into the party fold, but with the condition that they adhere to the party’s “secular tradition”. The party will organise a Hindu Dharmasabha in the city after Navratri, followed by a mahayagya. On Sunday, over hundred saints and monks met the party’s Mumbai unit chief Sanjay Nirupam, as the first step to set up a forum for them. “If we can be pally with imams, then why not Hindu priests and saints? These saints and monks oppose the extremist ideologies of ruling parties, and identify with the Congress,” he said.

Source: The Hindu July 02, 2017 17:48 UTC