Kishanganj, Sept. 7 -- Jan Suraaj Party Founder Prashant Kishor on Sunday advocated for an alliance between 20 per cent Muslims and Hindus who are "Gandhians, Ambedkarites, communists and socialists."

While addressing a gathering at a Muslim conference in Bihar's Kishanganj, Kishor argued that half of the Hindus don't vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He asserted that Muslims should join hands with them to fight the "long battle".

"In this country, Hindus are 80 per cent, and the BJP got only 40 per cent. This means that half of the Hindus don't vote for the BJP. You people have to recognise who doesn't vote for the BJP. They are Hindus who follow Gandhi, Babasaheb Ambedkar, communism, and socialism. Jan Suraaj believes that if...