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BJP dismisses reports of simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha, 11 Assemblies

<span style="color: #222222;">BJP today rejected media reports that the party is planning to hold assembly elections in 11 states next year along with the Lok Sabha polls. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Talking to reporters in New Delhi, party spokesperson Sambit Patra said such misplaced conception should not find place anywhere. He said BJP President Amit Shah in his letter to the Law Commission on simultaneous polls had not talked anything as such. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP have always wanted discussion on the idea of One Nation One Election and stressed the need for consensus among the stakeholders to implement it.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">During the media briefing, Mr. Patra attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his reported remarks that he does not believe in any kind of Hindutva. The BJP spokesperson reminded him about his visits to temples during Gujarat assembly elections and his remarks that he is a Shiv Bhakta and alleged that Mr. Gandhi now has insulted the Hindu philosophy by making such comments. He also said the Congress President's comments is a betrayal to the faith of millions of people.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In an interaction with editors in Hyderabad, Mr. Gandhi had made such remarks and said he is not embracing soft Hindutva to appease the majority community.</span><br />'' 

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