"In this country, when we say Hindu, it's not one religion." In this 2014 video, Venkaiah Naidu explains what it means to be a Hindu.
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00:00India is one. We are all one people, one country.
00:03Different language, different attire, but still our one country.
00:05This word Hindu is not given by Narendra Modi.
00:08Not given by Venkaiah Naidu or Atal Bihari Vajpayee or Adwani.
00:11Not given by Venkaiah Naidu or Atal Bihari Vajpayee or Adwani.
00:13You worship your God. I worship my God. What is the problem in this?
00:18No one should have a problem. In this country,
00:20all the Hindus whom you call, madam,
00:22all these Hindus are not of one religion.
00:24Arya Samajists are there.
00:26Vedic is there.
00:27Seyu is there.
00:28Jain is there.
00:29Sai Baba is there.
00:31And along with that, some people are idol worshippers.
00:35Some people worship without idols.
00:38In this country, there are people who follow Sikh religion.
00:41Islam, if you are a Muslim, then what is my problem?
00:44If you are a Christian, then what is my problem?
00:46We are all one.
00:48Different language, different attire, but still our one country.
00:50Unity in diversity.
00:52India's uniqueness.
00:53This is the feeling of this country.
00:55Friends, I am coming to another point.
00:58Some people have the problem of having some allergy to the word Hindu.
01:02I would like to take the house into confidence.
01:04This word Hindu is not given by Narendra Modi.
01:07Not given by Venkaiah Naidu or Atal Bihari Vajpayee or Adwani.
01:10And not even by RSS.
01:11RSS name is not Hindu.
01:12It is Rashtriya Swamysayog Sangh.
01:14It is Rashtriya Swamysayog Sangh.
01:16There is a newspaper in this country,
01:18which is known for its views.
01:19Name is Hindu.
01:20There is a newspaper in Delhi,
01:22which is called as Hindustan Times.
01:23The name is not given by me.
01:25I didn't give this name.
01:26Not because of politics.
01:28It has been coming from the beginning.
01:29This is India, that is Pakistan.
01:31They have said all this.
01:32Madam, you will also remember,
01:34on August 15th,
01:35or January 26th,
01:37when the flag was fluttering,
01:38what did we say?
01:39Jai Hind.
01:40Does it mean,
01:41Jai to Hindus,
01:42Jai to others.
01:43Is it?
01:44No.
01:44Jai Hindustan.
01:46Jai Hindustan.
01:48What is Hindustan?
01:49Hindustan means all people,
01:50irrespective of caste, creed, sex, religion and region.
01:53India is one.
01:54We are all one people,
01:55one country.
01:56We preserve our culture.
01:57You feel proud.
01:58If you feel proud that you want to be a Hindu,
02:00no problem.
02:01Muslim, no problem.
02:02Christian, no problem.
02:03We are...
02:05Our religion is different,
02:06but our culture,
02:07our way of life is the same.