Mumbai, May 8: Shiv Sena on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government for calling India a ‘secular country’ at the United Nations. In its mouthpiece Saamana, Shiv Sena asked Hindus to file a defamation case against Modi government for not accepting India a ‘Hindu state’. Shiv Sena said Modi government’s stand that India is a secular state with no state religion at the UN Human Rights Council is shocking. The sacrifice of hundreds of Hindus to make India a Hindu Rashtra have gone in vain because of Modi government’s ‘secular state’ stand, said Shiv Sena in Saamana. Also Read - Nobody Cured of Covid-19 Due to 'Bhabhiji Papad': Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut Takes a Dig at Govt in Rajya Sabha

“India should have become a Hindu Rashtra, but after partition, it became a secular state because two crores Muslims decided to stay here. This country will never become a land of Ram, Krishna and Somnath if we continue to call ourselves a secular state,” said Shiv Sena in Saamana. “The concept of Hindu Rashtra is way different from Iran’s Khomeini’s, Taliban’s and the Islamic States’. Hindu Rashtra means people should embrace Hindu traditions while following their respective faiths,” read the Saamana editorial. Also Read - BJP Announces 'Know Namo' Quiz on Narendra Modi's Birthday, Winners to Get Books Signed by PM

Shiv Sena said today is the time the government should proudly declare the India a Hindu Rashtra. Modi government deceived people who voted for the BJP by calling India a secular state at the UN. “There are 53 Islamic countries, but not a single Hindu country. With the rise of the BJP, Hindus hoped for India becoming a Hindu Rashtra. But the Modi government let us all down,” said Shiv Sena in Saamana. Also Read - Kangana Ranaut Says She Felt 'Raped' at The Hands of BMC And Shiv Sena Because of Emotional Trauma Caused to Her

At the 27th session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group at the UNHCR, India said it is a secular state with no state religion and safeguarding the rights of minorities forms an essential core of its polity. “As the world’s largest multi-layered democracy, we fully recognise the importance of free speech and expression. Our people are conscious of their political freedoms and exercise their choices at every opportunity,” Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who led the Indian delegation at the UN Human Rights Council, told the member states.