While Vaidya sought an end to the era of reservations soon, Hosabale spoke against what he called the academic untouchability being practised against the Hindu right by leftist academics. In response to a question on why the Hindu right lacked intellectual weight, Hosabale put the blame squarely on the shoulders of leftist academics and the media, who, he said, had practised “social, academic untouchability”. They were the intolerant ones who would not give the Hindu right a ear, he said. Hosabale also clearly stated the RSS point of view that “distorted history was being taught in the country”. On the poor socio-economic condition of Muslims in the country, Vaidya claimed that this was because 68-70 % of Muslims lived in relatively backward states like Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Source: Mint January 20, 2017 17:42 UTC