MADURAI
The violence in Manipur symbolises the attack on federalism and plurality of the country unleashed by Bharatiya Janata Party which was trying to convert the secular democratic republic of India into a fascist Hindutva rashtra, charged Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury in Madurai on Sunday.
Addressing a public meeting on Protection of State Rights, Mr. Yechury said the character of freedom struggle was to uphold the diversities such as languages, cultures and religions. “But the BJP wants to define the country by the religious affiliation of its people,” he said.
