New Delhi: Justifying his Hindu Pakistan remark Congress MP Shashi Tharoor clarified that  If BJP does not believe in Hindu Rashtra concept then they should say it on record that we do not believe in a Hindu Rashtra but in a secular republic.

He added that this would end the debate.

Criticizing Tharoor’s remark Union Min Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said that this is pure hallucination by Shashi Tharoor. He further said this is withdrawal symptoms of the fact that neither Congress are in power nor do they see power coming to them again.

 He added that It's Congress that has infringed the Constitution and freedom of citizens:

 Meanwhile The Congress party on Thursday did not made any remarks of senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s Hindu Pakistan speech. Tharoor had on Wednesday stated that India will become Pakistan if Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win in 2019 general elections.

"I have said this before and I will say it again. Pakistan was created as a state with a dominant religion that discriminates against its minorities and denies them equal rights. India never accepted the logic that had partitioned the country,"  Shashi Tharoor said in his clarification.