Kolhapur, May 20: BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan today said the party would not make `hindutva' an election issue in the assembly and Lok Sabha polls. "Hindutva is our jhanda (flag) and not agenda", Mahajan told reporters at the party's district headquarters here.
Referring to the coming assembly elections in five states, mahajan reiterated that BJP would contest the polls in full strength in Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh.
"Out of the five states, Congress is ruling in four states. We will contest election on our own strengh in these four states", he said adding, "however, in Mizoram, BJP is contesting for the first time".
On relations with neighbouring countries, Mahajan informed that "Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy of friendship with China and Bangladesh has benefitted US. Similarly, if there is peace on the western front, the country will be benefitted to a large extent."
"However, US should not use pressure tactics in Indo-Pak relations", Mahajan added. Bureau Report