Stressing that the Apna Dal (S) stands for social justice, Union Minister Anupriya Patel on Monday dissociated her party from ‘Hindutva and all those issues’ and said it is ideologically different from the BJP.
Muslim candidates are not untouchable for her party, the Apna Dal (S) chief said three days ahead of the first round of the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh elections beginning on February 10.
“Yes, we are ideologically different from the BJP. People are trying to ask me questions on Hindutva and all those issues, I dissociate myself from all those issues and my party doesn’t do religious politics. We stand for social justice. That’s our ideology,’’ Patel said.
“We have always worked for the marginalised sections of society, whether on the streets or in parliament. And this is our philosophy and our founding principles and we only stick to it,” she added.
