VHP to support 'Hinduvadi' party in UP assy polls

Guna, MP, July 7 (UNI) The VHP will support a party in Uttar Pradesh assembly election which subscribed to Hindutva ideology besides being in position to emerge victorious, VHP leader Pravin togadia said here last evening.

Mr Togadia told reporters that the VHP would not be tied to any particular political party.

''However, we will support a party, which, besides being a Hinduvadi organisation, is in a position to win the elections,'' he said.

On whether the VHP would support the Congress, Mr Togadia said it was possible provided the party shunned its minority-appeasement policies besides expelling Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh.

In the present situation, the VHP was neither in favour nor against any particular political party, he said.

On former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti's decision to form a separate political party following Hindutva ideology, the VHP leader said only time would tell whether the decision was right or not.

Regarding whether Mr Rajnath Singh proved to be a better president for the BJP, he said the working style of the BJP had improved since Mr Singh took over.

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