Terming the ideology of ‘Hindu Rashtra’ replacing the secular and democratic India the biggest challenge the country was facing since Independence, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has called for formation of a broadest platform of Left, democratic and secular forces to dethrone the Bharatiya Janata Party from power.
Inaugurating the party's 23rd Tamil Nadu State conference here on Wednesday, he said despite nation-wide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, farmers' struggle and and popular discontent against the government for its economic policies and increasing fuel price, the BJP continued to maintain a certain edge in elections.
He attributed BJP’s victories in elections to the Hindutva identity the BJP had created through hate campaigns which had sent all other problems of people to the background.
