Rahul's remark disrespectful to majority community: BJP
New Delhi, Aug 14 : The BJP on Tuesday hit out at Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his remark that he does not believe in any variety of Hindutva, saying it was "humiliation" of the majority community and disrespectful" to Hindu philosophy.
The party dared the Congress leader to use such words against any other religion, asking him to clear his stand as to why he does not have faith in Hindutva.
"In a closed-door interaction with editors, Rahul Gandhi said he does not believe in Hindutva --'soft' or 'hard'. One can understand if you say you don't believe in fanaticism but to say that you don't believe in Hindutva is shocking," said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra at a press conference.
"A few days back he had said that Congress was a 'Muslim party' and today he said he has no faith in Hindutva. It is humiliating to a majority community," said Patra.
"Whenever he senses a benefit, he becomes a janeu-dhaari, and when he sees an adverse reaction, he leaves his 'janeu' and forgets Lord Shiva," he said.
"By making such remarks, you (Rahul Gandhi) are playing with the faith of thousands of Hindus," he said.
On his remark that the Congress wants to defeat the BJP and the RSS in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Patra said: "Now, we doubt that you want to defeat the Hindus."
In an interaction with editors, Gandhi did not agree that he was embracing soft Hindutva to appease the majority community.
"I don't believe in any kind of Hindutva, soft or hardcore," he said.
Gandhi said there was nothing wrong in his meeting religious leaders and visiting religious places.
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Taj Mahal top earning ASI monument through ticket sales from FY19-20 to FY23-24: Govt
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI): The iconic Taj Mahal in Agra earned the "highest income" through the sale of tickets among the ASI-protected monuments from FY19-20 to FY23-24, according to data shared by the government.
Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared the data in a written response to a query in Rajya Sabha.
He was asked the amount that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has received from selling entry tickets to various monuments in the last five years, year-wise and monument-wise; and the monuments that have received the highest income through selling entry tickets in the last five years.
In his response, the minister shared the data in a tabular form for cycles of financial years ranging from FY19-20 to FY23-24.
According to the data, Taj Mahal earned the top slot for all five years.
The Mughal-era architectural wonder was commissioned by Emperor Shah Jehan in the 17th century and it is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.
In FY19-20, the Agra Fort in Agra and Qutub Minar in Delhi were in the second and third positions.
In FY20-21, the Group of Monuments Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu and Sun Temple, Konark were in the second and third positions. In FY23-24, Qutub Minar and Red Fort of Delhi were in the second and third positions.
