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Keep off stagnant Hindutva: PM

NEW DELHI, MARCH 27 . In a clear disapproval of the recent actions of the so-called practitioners of Hindutva, the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, tonight said it would be better to ``keep a distance'' from the kind of Hindutva being practised by some now.

Speaking at a book release function here, he said when Swami Vivekananda spoke of Hinduism, nobody called him communal. ``But now, some people have defined Hindutva in such a manner that it is better to keep a distance from it.'' He said Hindutva should not be equated with religion as it was ``a way of life''.

``We should keep away from such Hindutva which is stagnant. Hindutva is not a religion, it is a way of life,'' he said after releasing a book written by the senior BJP leader, K.R. Malkani. — PTI

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