Dhirendra Shastri of Bageshwar Dham starts a "Hindu Rashtra" row in Bihar, and the JD(U) and RJD criticize him for it.

On the first day of his spiritual talk in Bihar, Dhirendra Shastri of Bageshwar Dham said that India should be called a "Hindu Rashtra." In the middle of the Hanumant Katha sermon, he said, "One day, a saint asked me if a Hindu country is possible, since I am preaching for the same...