PM MODI STRESSES ON ‘NATIONALISM’; BJP TALKS OF ‘FREEDOM OF SPEECH’

With the issue finding a place in the political resolution adopted at its National Executive meeting, amid controversy over the recent JNU row, the BJP has said freedom of expression does not give a right to call for the country’s destruction. The issue of nationalism continued to take the centre stage in the deliberations after party chief Amit Shah set the tone in his inaugural address saying BJP will not tolerate any attack on the nation.