In 1990, Historian Sita Ram Goel released a book named 'Hindu Temples: What Happened To Them' in which he mentioned over 1,800 Muslim structures that were built on Hindu Temple sites and/or used materials from destroyed temples.
For a party which goes with the name Indian 'National' Congress and identifies its stalwarts as founding fathers of the 'nation', Rahul Gandhi's reduced self-worth scores a self-goal while Congress seeks to reinvent itself on a national level.
The concerted effort to belittle the oppression of Hindus by extremists conspires in many ways. It starts off with denying the Hindu hatred responsible for fanning the attacks and ends up resting the onus of violence on Hindus themselves.
Fadnavis had said that even a dog will not go to take a piss at the grave of Aurangzeb, the tyrant who was responsible for forced religious conversion and other atrocities on Hindus.