New Delhi, March 18 -- BJP MP Dinesh Sharma on Tuesday slammed Opposition parties, accusing them of reviving Aurangzeb's ideology. He asserted that the real challenge was not the removal of Aurangzeb's tomb but the eradication of his ideology, which he claimed was influencing the Congress and other Opposition parties.

"The Opposition is reviving the ideology of Aurangzeb... Instead of promoting the ideology of Aurangzeb, they (Congress) should promote the ideology of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam," Sharma told ANI.

"The main task is not to remove Aurangzeb's tomb but to remove the ideology of Aurangzeb, which exists in the minds of Congress and the Opposition," he added.

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