Agartala: Attacking Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Central Committee member Bijan Dhar said that if (BJP) returns to power after the Lok Sabha polls, it would turn India into a "fully religious nation",

Dhar said, “The BJP, which is backed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in its present five-year tenure embarked on a plan to turn India into a "religious nation" and after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls they would complete the mission to turn India into a "fully religious nation".

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He further added, “BJP has started destroying India's traditional culture, heritage, language, history and education and blamed it for destroying secularism, economy, age-old social justice, federalism -- the pillars of the Indian Constitution.”

"Talks have started spreading that after 2024 there would be no elections. It was being done by believers of Hindutva. This is a dangerous campaign in a secular country like India.” Dhar said

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The Dhar also said that the saffron party did not fulfil most of its poll promises, it is against holding elections, through which public opinion could be reflected. He said, "Since the BJP camp to power, over five crore people have lost jobs. In 2018 alone, 1.10 crore people lost jobs, specially due to the introduction of the GST (Goods and Services Tax)," Dhar said.