Jammu, Aug 2: Claiming that BJP is the only party having "secular" credentials, Jammu and Kashmir unit of the saffron party today said that all those parties which claim to be secular are "divisive" and are consolidating their vote bank.
 "BJP is the only secular party in the country. The political parties which call BJP communal or divisive are precisely the parties which themselves practice the politics of communalism and separatism to consolidate their vote bank and stay in power," BJP J&K chief spokesperson & national executive member Jitendra Singh said while addressing the district executive meeting in Reasi district.
 Singh, who is also District Prabhari, said that Reasi is a role model district of secularism where people from all religion and creed live in harmony and the BJP unit of Reasi is also represented by members hailing from all communities and sects.
 He said that unlike Congress and NC, the BJP does not practice the politics for power but is primarily committed to uphold the ideals of Indian nationhood and patriotism.
 "Despite the unfortunate sequence of events within the state unit of the party in recent months, the BJP is still a party with a difference because it is only party which follows principles of inner party democracy and is not under control of a particular family," Singh said.

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