New Delhi, Dec. 7 -- Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat on Sunday said that a "poisonous" atmosphere has been created across the country under the Narendra Modi government. He further accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of believing in "fanaticism".

Bhagat was responding to the recent controversy over suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir laying the foundation stone for a Babri Masjid in Murshidabad on the 33rd anniversary of the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition.

"The BJP believes in fanaticism. The constitution grants the fundamental right to freedom of religion, but there should be no malice and politicisation. The way things have been done, a poisonous atmosphere has been created across the country under the Modi gover...