Shashi Tharoor: BJP assaulting constitution to make Hindu Rashtra

New Delhi, Feb 09: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said if BJP government gets a majority in both HOuses of Parliament then it will try to assault the constitution. According to Tharoor the attack on various constitutional provisions such as Article 370 on Kashmir and secularism will be part of attempts to create a "Hindu rashtra".

Tharoor, a second-time Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, also believes the Congress and secular parties should come together to resist the Hindutva onslaught in the next Lok Sabha elections. Even the Left parties can be part of the platform post elections if necessary, according to him.

"I think a lot of their real agenda is waiting for the time when they have both Houses under their control. And once they do, I think you can certainly look to a major assault on the Constitution. Then the question is, will the Supreme Court stand by the basic structure doctrine and interpret it to include these principles of equality, freedom of religion, freedom of worship, non-discrimination, etc., which would make it impossible to reduce the Constitution to the document " Tharoor said.