Taking to Twitter, Surya said he is ‘unconditionally withdrawing the statements’ as they have ‘regrettably created an avoidable controversy’.
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya stirred a fresh row on Monday after his video went viral where he made controversial comments on ‘Hindu revival’ and “bringing back to the Hindu fold” all those who converted “over the course of India’s history”.
In the viral clip, Surya said, “Only option left for Hindus is to reconvert all those people who’ve gone out of the Hindu fold…those who’ve left their mother religion must be brought back.. My request is that every temple,mutt should’ve yearly targets for this.” He made the comments while speaking at a program in Karnataka’s Udupi district on December 25.
The video uploaded by news agency ANI on Twitter has received over 84,000 views and over 1,000 retweets.
Taking to Twitter, Surya said on Monday morning that he is ‘unconditionally withdrawing the statements’ as they have ‘regrettably created an avoidable controversy’.
“At a program held in Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt two days ago, I spoke on the subject of ‘Hindu Revival in Bharat’. Certain statements from my speech has regrettably created an avoidable controversy. I therefore unconditionally withdraw the statements,” Surya tweeted.
