VHP rejects Muslim driver

Rajasthan VHP recently rejected car driver for Togadia on the grounds that he was a Muslim, making a "mockery" of the Constitution, CPI said.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad asked a Jaipur motor garage to change the driver it was offering with a car hired for international general secretary Praveen Togadia on the grounds that the driver was a Muslim, the state Communist Party of India alleged on Tuesday.

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VHP state president Narpat Singh Shekhawat wrote a letter to the motor garage on March 11 saying that he organisation would not accept a Muslim driver for Togadia, a CPI press release said.

The press release slammed the VHP move and flayed the president for making a "mockery" of the Indian constitution.

The truth is that the VHP has discriminated against an employee on the basis of his religion, the release added.