MANGALURU: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Friday religious hardliners, who believe only in their religion and do not have respect for other religions, are bigots.“None of us are born after submitting an application for a particular religion of our choice. Everyone born in this world should have the minimum quality of loving and respecting others. Those who don’t have this quality cannot be called human beings,” Siddaramaiah said after the release of ‘Nannolagina nanu’, the autobiography of former minister B A Mohideen, in Mangaluru.“The book of Moideen contains a chapter about me too. He has mentioned in his book the reason for my defeat in Chamundeshwari constituency and why Congress could not form the government on its own. He has given beautiful simile wherein he has compared this election result as a cloud covering the moonlight. He opines that the cloud of Hindutva has covered my life. Hindutva and malicious campaigns have brought darkness in my political career. However, he also has predicted a good future for me,” Siddaramaiah said.Calling Moideen, who died recently, a selfless politician, Siddaramaiah said though he was born in a Muslim family, he never worked as a leader of Muslims alone.Quoting Moideen’s book, Siddaramaiah said a second freedom struggle need to be commenced to wipe out communalism from democracy and thereby bring harmony in society.“Moideen has explained in his book how innocents are targeted through communalism. He has called upon all politicians work honestly to bring harmony in the society,” Siddaramaiah said.

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