Muslims are living in Hindu country; India should strengthen ties with Israel: Swamy

Mangaluru, Nov 15: Assertion of national identity and following “true spiritualism” can be the weapons to fight terrorism and corruption, according to former union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy.

Delivering a talk on War against terrorism and corruption', organised by Citizens' Council, Mangaluru, Mr. Swamy said that Indians should accept the Hindu national identity for country's integrity.

Muslims of this country also admit that their ancestors were Hindus along with the truth that they live in a Hindu country even today, he said adding that Hinduism never persecuted any minority religion.

Stating that India should gear up to wage war against what he called “Islamic terror threat”, he said that the country should ally with Israel and China in the wake of threats from ISIS, which could be at the doorsteps of India anytime.

“Terrorism was a mechanism adopted to overawe a community,” he opined.

He said opposition to uniform civil code in India was not justified as Muslims had accepted it in Australia and the US.

Terrorism and corruption were also interlinked as terrorists came with Indian passports. Stating that they also wreck a havoc in the stock market, he said no other country allowed participatory note' in stock markets through which terrorists were gaining entry into stock market.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government would eliminate this, he said. “Illicit money got by politicians land in foreign banks via hawala through Dubai where Pakistan's ISI gets to know about the details. That's why the UPA government was soft on Pakistan,” he claimed.

Regarding money deposited in foreign banks, Mr. Swamy said the Finance Ministry unfortunately was concerned only about black money and income tax. However, there was also money earned through scams that can be called “red money”.

The NDA government was committed to bring home more than Rs. 120 lakh crore and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sought international cooperation for the move during the G20 summit in Australia on Saturday, he said.

Sonia may face jail term

Mr Swamy also said that there were all chances of Congress president Sonia Gandhi facing a jail term by Christmas.

He said Sonia Gandhi was involved in a Rs 5,000 cr-scam. “Former finance minister P Chidambaram, his wife and son also cannot come out of the clutches of black money.”

Rs 120 crore of black money stashed away in foreign banks was sourced from various scams in India, he added.