<span style="color: #222222;">BJP today rejected media reports that the party is planning&nbsp;to hold assembly elections in 11 states next year along with the Lok Sabha polls.&nbsp;</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&nbsp;BJP President Amit Shah in his letter to the&nbsp;Law Commission on simultaneous polls had not talked anything as such. He said&nbsp;Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP have always wanted discussion on the&nbsp;idea of One Nation One Election and stressed the need for consensus among the stakeholders to implement&nbsp;it.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">During the media briefing, Mr. Patra&nbsp;attacked&nbsp;Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his reported remarks that he does not believe in any kind of Hindutva. The BJP spokesperson reminded him about&nbsp;his visits to temples during Gujarat assembly elections and his remarks that he is a Shiv Bhakta and&nbsp;alleged&nbsp;that&nbsp;Mr. Gandhi now has&nbsp;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,&nbsp;Mr. Gandhi had made such remarks and said&nbsp;he&nbsp;is not embracing soft Hindutva to appease the majority community.</span><br />''&nbsp;
News On AIR | August 14, 2018 8:47 PM
BJP dismisses reports of simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha, 11 Assemblies