Hyderabad, Oct. 13 -- "Atmanah pratikulani paresham na samacharet" (What is not good for me cannot be meted out by me to others. What is not good for me would not be good for others also, because others are like me in every respect) remarked Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 28th foundation day of National Human Rights Commission.

The quote in question is an extract from the Hindu religious text, Mahabharata which is controversial considering how people have bemoaned the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's slant towards the Hindutva ideology.

The Prime Minister's speech was meant to shed light on the importance of human rights in keeping with the event organised by NHRC. However, Modi has been receiving significant flack from various grou...