BSP in grand alliance only if it gets respectable seats: Mayawati

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October 9, 2018

Lucknow, Oct 9: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the attack on North Indians in Gujarat and reiterated that the party will join the grand alliance against the BJP only if the party gets respectable seats.

" We will not beg for seats in the coming Lok Sabha polls and will prefer to contest the elections alone if we do not get respectable seats in the alliance," she said.

However, the BSP president was more critical on PM Modi over the attack on north Indians in Gujarat and comment that those who have supported the PM in Varanasi are being thrashed in his native place.

" It is unfortunate that the PM has not uttered a word on the attack on the North Indians when the people from UP are being thrashed, who had supported the PM and BJP in a big way ," she said.

In a statement here on Tuesday, with paying tribute to the BSP founder late Kashi Ram on his death anniversary, Ms Mayawati apprehended that if Gujarat incident is not controlled then it could spread out in other parts of the country." The BJP government in Gujarat had shown its castist and regionalism attitude which could hamper the social fabric of the country," she said.

The BSP president , clarified her stand on the political issue claiming that her party will also go for alliance if they get respectable seats.

The party had already going alone in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan assembly polls while have joined hands for Congress Janata( Chhattisgarh) in Chhattisgarh assembly polls.

While paying her tribute to her mentor Kashi Ram on her death anniversary, she said that the dream of the BSP founder could be achieved by getting the rights of the poor, dalits and other oppressed class.

" BJP has failed to its expectation and now people want to get rid of it at any cost," she claimed.

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‘No constitutional approval required’: RSS chief says ‘India already a Hindu nation’

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December 22,2025

Kolkata: Stressing that India is a "Hindu nation," Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said that no constitutional approval is needed as it is the "truth".

Addressing an event marking 100 years of the RSS, Bhagwat said that India is, and will remain, a Hindu nation until Indian culture is appreciated in the country.

"The Sun rises in the east; we don't know since when this has been happening. So, do we need constitutional approval for that, too? Hindustan is a Hindu nation. Whoever considers India their motherland appreciates Indian culture, as long as there is even one person alive on the land of Hindustan who believes in and cherishes the glory of Indian ancestors, India is a Hindu nation. This is the ideology of the Sangh," he said at the '100 Vyakhyan Mala' program of RSS in Kolkata.

"If Parliament ever decides to amend the Constitution and add that word, whether they do it or not, it's fine. We don't care about that word because we are Hindus, and our nation is a Hindu nation. That is the truth. The caste system based on birth is not the hallmark of Hindutva," he added.

RSS has always argued that India is a "Hindu Nation," given the culture and majority's affiliations to Hinduism. However, 'secular' was not originally part of the Preamble of the Constitution, but it was added along with the word 'socialist' by the Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976, during the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Bhagwat also urged people to visit the organisation's offices and 'shakhas' to understand its work, so that what he dubbed as the “false perception” of the organisation as anti-Muslim can be dispelled!

Bhagwat said that people have understood that the organisation advocates for the protection of Hindus, and are "staunch nationalists," but not anti-muslim.

"If there is a perception that we are anti-Muslim, then, as I said, the RSS work is transparent. You can come anytime and see for yourself, and if you see anything like that happening, then you keep your views, and if you don't see it, then you change your views. There is a lot to understand (about RSS), but if you don't want to understand, then no one can change your mind," Bhagwat said.

He said, but anyone unwilling to learn cannot be helped.

"After seeing, people have said that you are staunch nationalists. You organise Hindus, and you advocate for the protection of Hindus. But you are not anti-Muslim. Many people have accepted this, and those who want to know more should come and see the RSS for themselves," he said.

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