Opposition forms committee to save country's composite culture

August 21, 2017 21:32

The Opposition today announced formation of a committee as part of its move to save the country's "composite culture", with rebel JD-U leader Sharad Yadav as the convener of the 14-party group, which includes

leaders from the Congress and the Left.

Anand Sharma of the Congress, the CPI-M's Sitaram Yechury, Ram Gopal Yadav of the SP, Veer Singh of the BSP, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy of the TMC, Tariq Anwar of the NCP, Manoj Jha of the RJD and Jayant Chaudhary of the RLD are among its members, Yadav said in a statement.

He said it was proposed in the 'Sajha Virasat Bachao Sammelan' held on August 17 that in order to save our composite culture in consonance with the preamble of the Constitution, committees at the national as well as state level will be formed.

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