2/2 We have all been warned. The BJP’s answer to the simple question “have you given up the dream of a Hindu Rashtr… https://t.co/FyGzkuo8zV — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) 1531735665000

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Shashi Tharoor 's office in Thiruvananthapuram was vandalised by Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing activists on Monday, with the Congress MP claiming they even threatened to kill him.IANS reported that Yuva Morcha activists barged into his office , shouted slogans against him, smeared black engine oil all over the place and tied a banner saying " Hindu Pakistan " office. Tharoor, who was attending functions in the city, was not present in the office when the incident took place.Shortly after the attack, Tharoor tweeted: "The BJP’s answer to the simple question “have you given up the dream of a Hindu Rashtra?” is apparently vandalism and violence. That is the face they have shown inThiruvananthapuram today. Most Hindus will say these Sanghi goondas do not represent us.Later he further tweeted, "More details are emerging of their vile conduct. They threatened to kill me and to shut down my MP office. This is an assault on democracy and on freedom of expression."When a Twitter user taunted him it was an “equal and opposite reaction”, Tharoor shot back: “No one. The equal reaction to a speech is a rebuttal speech. Not vandalism. But you need to be a democrat to value that. Not too many of those in the Sangh Parivar, clearly.”Thiruvananthapuram district BJP president S. Suresh said the incident was a protest against a wrong statement."This protest took place as Tharoor is the Lok Sabha member from here and hence this is nothing but a natural protest because of his erroneous statement," said Suresh.Senior Congress legislator V.D. Sateeshan told the media that the incident was a show of the BJP's arrogance.Speaking on "Threats faced by Indian Democracy and Secularism" at an event here last week, Tharoor said: "The great danger is that if they (the BJP) are able to win a repeat of their current strength in the Lok Sabha, then frankly our democratic constitution as we understand will not survive because they will have all the three elements they need to tear up the Constitution of India and write a new one."That will be a new one which will enshrine the principle of Hindu Rashtra, will remove equality for minorities, that will create a Hindu Pakistan."On July 14, a Kolkata court summoned Tharoor following a petition moved by lawyer Sumeet Chowdhury dubbing the leader's comments as "a deliberate and malicious act " that was "intended" at "outraging" religious feelings.