Attacking the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh, CongressMP and Headof the party's campaign committee for the state elections in December, Jyotiraditya Scindia, said on Tuesday that The Hindureligion is not an exclusive preserve of the BJP.
Scindia-- who was here to take part in an event where newly-appointed Chiefpresident of the state Congress, Kamal Nath, took charge -- said the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) could not have sole claim over The Hindureligion, as "it belongs to Hindustan, which gave birth to four religions".
"It is the duty of every citizen, and not just Congressparty, to maintain communal harmony and secularism in the society," he said.
Scindiasaid that every section of the society was fed up with the BJP government and they wanted to overthrow it. "It's time for the BJP government to go."
Ahead of taking charge as the Pradesh CongressCommittee(PCC) chief, CongressLeaderKamal Nathtold reporters during a road show that people from all sections in the state are in distress and are demanding change.
"The youth are jobless, farmers and traders are upset and women are unsafe. All are saying 'BJP hatao, Pradesh bachao' (Remove BJP, save the state). The people are demanding change and a change will come," he said.
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