Aiyar at it again, says 'Savarkar was first proponent of two-nation theory'

ANI  |  Lahore [Pakistan] 

Senior on Monday said that was first proponent of the two-nation theory.

He also trained guns at the led at the centre and said Savarkar is an ideological guru of the ruling party.

"Present situation in is in abhorrence. It is abhorrent because these forces have existed since 1923 when a man called VD Savarkar invented a word which doesn't exist in any religious text, 'Hindutva'. So, first proponent of the two nation theory was ideological guru of those who are currently in power in India," Aiyar said.

Aiyar's statement contradicts the historical theory that Pakistan's founder was the first person to bat for two-nation theory in 1940 in

The also backed his statement on founder which has invoked criticism in

Aiyar also criticised Indian TV anchors for becoming hysterical after he termed Jinnah as "Quaid-e-Azam" at an event in on Saturday.

"I referred to Jinnah as the Quaid-e-Azam and the hysterical Indian TV anchors are demanding to know how an Indian can go to and say this. We dropped to that level" Aiyar said.

He added that "I know many Pakistanis who call Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi, does that make them unpatriotic Pakistanis?"

Aiyar was flayed by BJP for lauding Pakistan founder even as there is a raging controversy over Jinnah's portrait in

The BJP has slammed Aiyar in the wake of the row. was the first to criticise Aiyar.

On Saturday, Shah said and Pakistan have amazing telepathy.

"Congress and Pakistan have amazing telepathy. remembered Tipu Sultan, whose Jayanti Congress marks with fanfare and today Mr. admires Jinnah. Be it or polls, I fail to understand why Congress involves Pakistan!" Shah tweeted.

said that Aiyar's statement reveals the true feeling of the Congress party.

Of late, Jinnah is in the news in India. In Aligarh, some groups have protested against the portrait of Pakistan's founder at the office of student union's office.

The matter hit the headlines after BJP's Aligarh questioned the portrait's presence in the AMU student union office.

On Thursday, 28 students and 13 cops were injured in a clash which broke out between AMU students and the police.

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First Published: Mon, May 07 2018. 21:08 IST