New Delhi: The Hindu Mahasabha has “spurned” the offer of the Bhartiya Janata Party to merge the Mahasabha into BJP. Addressing a Press conference, Balarao Savarkar, president of the Mahasabha, said his party on the advice Mahant Vaidyanathan, former MP, had agreed to contest elections on the BJP symbol, but the BJP leadership wanted to “swallow us”. Criticizing the BJP, Mr. Savarkar said the BJP was “fooling” the people. “In order to appease the Muslims, the BJP will not help construct the Ram Temple at Ayodhya”, he said.

