'Janata Parivar leaders should unite against communal forces'
'I strongly believe the secular forces will come together under the leadership of Mulayam,' said H. D. Deve Gowda.
Lucknow
: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) leader H. D. Deve Gowda on Saturday urged the Janata Parivar leaders to -"come together-" and -"unite-" against the communal forces.
-"Samajwadi Party is a landmark party to face communal forces. Senior leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu (Prasad Yadav), Sharad (Yadav) should come together and go united to fight communal forces in the country,-" Deve Gowda said while addressing SP silver jubilee celebrations.
-"I strongly believe the secular forces will come together under the leadership of Mulayam. There is some friction within SP. I ask SP to stay united and lead the tirade against communal forces in the country,-" he said.
Six offshoots of 'Janata Parivar' had merged together last year ahead of the Assembly elections in Bihar to form a new party to take on a resurgent BJP. The merger took place almost two decades after the then Janata Dal disintegrated in the 90s.
The former PM said he was the -"happiest-" man to attend the SP celebrations here.
On situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the former PM said, -"Prohibitory orders were not imposed there even once (in his regime). The situation there now is not a secret.-"
Expressing hope that SP would win the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, he said, -"Polls in UP will set the agenda for India's future and SP will win UP polls under Mulayam. When I was the Prime Minister for 10 months and he was my defence minister.