The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while Addressing a gathering in Gorakhpur organized to mark the 48th death anniversary of Mahant Digvijaynath and third anniversary of Mahant Avaidyanath and Mahant Digvijaynath, the chief priests of the Gorakhnathpeeth, Adityanath said that basis of a nation can only be its culture.

Adityanath said "People question if a cult veneration or a religion can be a basis of a nation. According to me, the entire thought is a myth. If a religion establishes the basis of a nation, then Pakistan which was constituted at the time of independence would not have witnessed a split in 1971 where the nation was divided into two countries,"

"The way the ISIS is brewing terrorism and unrest across the world substantiates the fact that no religion can define the basis of a religion. The only basis of a nation can be its culture," he added.

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