Nitish Kumar gives call for 'Sangh-mukt' Bharat

April 16, 2016 20:27

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appealed to non-BJP parties to make a 'Sangh-mukt' (Sangh-free) country "to save democracy".

"Sangh-mukt Bharat banane ke liye sabhi gair BJP parties ko ek hona hoga (to usher in a Sangh-free India all non-BJP parties have to come together)," the new JD-U chief said at the 'Advantage Conclave'.

"Uniting against BJP and its divisive ideology is the only way to save democracy," said Kumar, who has already talked about "largest possible unity" among secular parties.

The chief minister said he was not against any party or individual, but against "divisive" ideology of the Sangh, the ideological parent of BJP. "The three stalwarts of the BJP -- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi -- have been sidelined within the party and power has gone to people who have no faith in secularism and communal harmony," he said.

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