Those who are born in India should be called 'Hindu': Kerala Governor

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has said that the word Hindu is a geographical term and that those who are born in India eat and drink in the country should be called HinduThe Kerala governor made the remark while inaugurating the Hindu conclave organised by Malayalee Hindus settled in North America in Thiruvananthapuram on SaturdaySir Syed Ahmed Khan once said that I do not think Hindu is a religious term it is a geographical term Anyone who is born in India eats food grown in India or drinks water from Indian rivers deserves to be called a Hindu he saidYou must call me a Hindu It was perfectly fine to use terminologies like Hindu Muslim and Sikh during the colonial era because the Britishers had made the communities as the basis for deciding even the ordinary rights of citizens he saidAlso Read Kerala Guv questions timing of BBC documentary when India assumed G20 presidencyKerala governor earlier slammed the BBC documentary and said that those who wanted to see India in a hundred pieces are upset so they indulge in such negative propagandaThose who predicted darkness for India those who said that India will be divided into hundreds of pieces they feel upset and that is why you see all these conspiracies where this kind of negative propaganda is run They are making such documentaries and indulging in different propaganda Why dont they make a documentary of the time when the British came to India said Kerala Governor Arif MuhammadHe said that India was not a poor country That is why people from outside came to India because of its fabulous wealth But by 1947 we almost became the icon of poverty in South Asia But Now everything has changed he saidToday multinational companies are being headed by people of Indian origin and the world is realising the potential of India The world knows from our history that if we are powerful then nobody can threaten us We have never used these powers to dominate over others rather we believe in the potential divinity of man and woman he addedNotably UKs British Broadcasting Corporation BBC aired a twopart series attacking PM Modis tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister during the Gujarat riots of 2002 The documentary sparked outrage and was removed from select platformsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever