Bidar, Aug. 6 -- Karnataka Urban Development Minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah on Thursday criticised the demand for a "Hindu Rashtra", saying Dr B R Ambedkar had warned that there could be "no greater danger" to the country than India becoming a Hindu nation.

Addressing the Karnataka Oppressed Communities Federation conference at Channabasava Pattaddevaru Theatre in Bidar, the minister alleged that communal forces were attempting to divide people on religious lines and maintained that religion should remain a personal matter rather than becoming part of politics.

"Communalists say this country should become a Hindu Rashtra. But Dr B R Ambedkar said that if this country becomes a Hindu nation, there is no greater danger to this country th...