Kolkata, Jan. 12 -- BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi has claimed that the efforts of the BJP government, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are towards the promotion of a "true secular country", adding that the country is currently suffering from "pseudo-secularism".

He launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, claiming that the TMC was mired in corruption, and pitched the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections as a decisive choice between two contrasting futures.

Speaking to the media, the MP said that India has long suffered from a distorted understanding of secularism. "India is suffering from pseudo-secularism. Name a single secular country in the world where the Constitution recognises 'sharia'. Under Prime Minister Nare...