Did BJP’s presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind in 2010 say “Islam and Christianity are alien to the nation”? “Nation” and “notion” were buzzing on Twitter after a March 2010 report by news agency IANS on Kovind’s views on reservation was dug up after the BJP announced on Monday that he will contest the presidential election. The Misra report had recommended 10% quotas for Muslims and 5% for other minorities in government jobs and favoured SC status for Dalits of all religions. “Islam and Christianity are alien to the nation,” he reportedly said according to IANS. But on Tuesday some Twitter users said Kovind, who is a Dalit leader and the former president of the BJP’s Dalit Morcha, had been misquoted.

Source: Hindustan Times June 20, 2017 08:14 UTC