After Singhal, VHP’s Pravin Togadia ‘warns’ Muslims

Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia on Saturday issued a veiled warning to Muslims, saying they may have forgotten the 2002 Gujarat riots but would remember the Muzaffarnagar riots of last year. His warning came against the backdrop of violence at a base camp of the Amarnath Yatra.

Against the backdrop of violence at a base camp of the Amarnath Yatra, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia on Saturday issued a veiled warning to the Muslims, saying they may have forgotten the 2002 Gujarat riots but would remember the Muzaffarnagar riots of last year.

“Aap Gujarat bhul gaye honge, par aapko Muzaffarnagar yaad hoga,” said Togadia, who was here to address a press conference on the World Hindu Congress

IF YOU SET HANUMAN’S TAIL ON FIRE, LANKA WILL BURN. THE GODHRA INCIDENT LED TO GUJARAT RIOTS, AND THE ALLEGED RAPE OF A HINDU GIRL LED TO MUZAFFARNAGAR RIOTS. PRAVIN TOGADIA, VHP leader

Summit proposed to be held in November this year. Scores of people, mostly Muslims, were killed in both the communal incidents.

“If you set Hanuman’s tail on fire, Lanka will burn. The Godhra incident led to the Gujarat riots, and the alleged rape of a Hindu girl led to the Muzaffarnagar riots,” he added.

Todagia’s statement came within days of VHP patron Ashok Singhal’s comment that “tables had turned for the Muslims” in the recently concluded LS polls.

On the violence at the Amarnath Yatra camp, Togadia demanded that a central team should be sent to investigate the matter. He also held the Jammu and Kashmir government responsible for the violence.

Asked for his reaction on journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik’s meeting with Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan, he said that anyone who talks of dividing Kashimir should be booked for sedition.