'India not a Hindu nation, never was': Swami Prasad Maurya slams Mohan Bhagwat

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Maurya said India has always been a pluralistic nation based on a secular constitution representing all religions and cultures...

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Saturday slammed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's 'Hindu Rashtra' remarks and said India was never a Hindu nation...

Speaking in Nagpur, at the inauguration ceremony of 'Madhukar Bhavan', Mohan Bhagwat said India is a 'Hindu Rashtra' and that all Indians are Hindus and Hindus represent all Indians...

"Hindustan (India) is a 'Hindu Rashtra' and this is a fact, Bhagwat had said, adding, "Ideologically, all Bharatiyas (Indians) are Hindus and Hindus mean all Bharatiyas..

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