Rahul Gandhi warns US of Hindu extremist groups: WikiLeaks

This could well turn out to be the most controversial ‘Leaks’ connected to India. President of the Youth Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi is reported to have told the American ambassador last year that Hindu extremist groups could pose a greater threat to his country than Muslim militants.

The Gandhi scion is said to have warned Timothy Roemer that though “there was evidence of some support for [Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba] among certain elements in India’s indigenous Muslim community, the bigger threat may be the growth of radicalised Hindu groups, which create religious tensions and political confrontations with the Muslim community
His words were revealed in one of 4,000 leaked U.S. diplomatic cables sent from Delhi. The cables reveal a difficult but increasingly warm relationship between a prickly emerging power and a superpower keen to be friends but on its own terms.

At a time when the young Gandhi scion is being pitched as the next Prime ministerial candidate, this kind of a revelation could prove dangerous for the Congress party. Already struggling with the scams and almost inconsequential Winter session, the ruling party may have to do some more tight rope walk before the year end.