One day, India, Pak and Bangladesh could reunite as Akhand Bharat: Ram Madhav

BJP general secretary Ram Madhav has said that parts of India - including Pakistan and Bangladesh - which were separated 60 years ago, will reunite to form "Akhand Bharat" (undivided India).   "The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) still believes that one day these parts, which have for historical reasons separated only 60 years ago, will again, through popular goodwill, come together and Akhand Bharat will be created," Ram Madhav said in the interview to international news network Al-Jazeera. He also said that as an RSS member, he also holds that view.Ram Madhav, however, clarified that this will not happen through war, but through "popular consent".

"That does not mean we wage war on any country, (or that) we annex any country. Without war, through popular consent, it can happen," he said. He also spoke about the issue of growing intolerance in India saying the returning of awards by artists and intellectuals is a bid to defame the government and in turn to demafe the image of India. He also said that the method of protest adopted by these intellectuals is wrong.  Madhav, an RSS leader, was deputed to the BJP after the general elections last year. He played an important role in Jammu and Kashmir elections and formation of a BJP-PDP coalition government in the state.  Speaking to Al-Jazeera about bringing peace in the region. "The only outstanding issue with regard to the Kashmir problem is the Kashmir under Pakistan occupation," he said. "The Kashmir that is an integral part of India, it has been proved time and again that it's an integral part of India."