Lucknow, Dec. 9 -- Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav said that the BJP is not a nationalist but an anti-national party and wherever there is a need to create conflict in the country, BJP members are at the forefront.

"The BJP operates on the policy of divide and rule. It is more important to live by the principles of Vande Mataram than merely singing it," he said.

"We should look back and see how much of it is being followed. Vande Mataram united everyone in the freedom movement, but today's divisive people want to break the country using the same slogan. Such people have betrayed the country before and are doing so even today," he said in a statement here on Monday.

Participating in the discussion in Parliament on Monday...