Mumbai: On BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's recent hate remarks, Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar slammed her, saying that "virtuous people never speak about violence" and "use hate speech", PTI reported.
Speaking at Congress' 138th Foundation Day programme in Mumbai, he said, "People who are actually virtuous never speak about violence. They never use hate language; instead, they speak only to unite people, not to divide them. But Sadhvi Pragya is completely doing the opposite; she is asking people to keep 'sharpened knives' at home. Which type of sadhvi is she? I don't understand."
He hit Thakur for talking violence, saying that she was mocking Union Home Minister Amit Shah, whose duty is to secure the nation.
Kumar said, "She talked about violence, and I feel that there is some planning involved in this statement. The sadhvi was trying to mock the Home Minister of the country because it is the duty of the HM to ensure security in a country. So I think sadhvi was trying to say that the home minister is useless, so we all need to sharpen our knives,"
He then targeted Amit Shah. "I would like to ask all the police personnel standing here that it is our duty to sharpen the knife. What the security forces will do, or will the law do if we will do the work of sharpening the knife? Why have we appointed the Home Minister only to make his son the BCCI head," he attacked the minister.
In Karnataka's Shivamogga, Pragya Thakur said on Tuesday, "Keep your daughters safe and protected. Keep weapons at home. Sharpen the knife used to cut vegetables. If our vegetables are cut well, heads and mouths of our enemies will also be cut well."