Country will not favour fanatic face: Shivanand Tiwari

Backing Bihar Chief Minister and Janta Dal United JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar’s remarks, party leader Sadanand Tiwari said that Bharatiya janta Paty (BJP) have to decide whether it wants to form a government or remain in the Opposition as the country is not in favour of a "fanatic face". 

"BJP had realised in 1996 itself that they cannot form a government in the country on the basis of their hardcore Hindutva agenda and, hence, NDA was formed after it agreed to drop the three contentious issues of Uniform Civil Code, withdrawal of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir and construction of Ram temple," he said, maintaining that the changed stance had the backing of RSS.

In reply to a question, Tiwari said JD (U) will not compromise on the secular framework based on which it had become a part of NDA. "We will not compromise whether our government remains in Bihar or not," he said.

Tiwari also blame Atal Bihari Vajpayee then Prime Minister for not dismissing Narendra Modi government after post-Godhra riots, resulting lose in 2004 general elections.