Shimla: Congress on February 25 said BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) were two sides of the same coin and the overtly confrontationist attitude of the VHP was only a part of a bigger game-plan.

It has become a part of the strategy of the VHP to arrange "side shows" to boost poll prospects of BJP whenever elections were around, Congress spokesman Anand Sharma told reporters in Shimla.

He said BJP was desperate as it failed to play Hindu card in Himachal Pradesh and its efforts to fan communal passions by resorting to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's style hindutva had been thwarted by the people of the state.

There were no differences between BJP and VHP and the two sister organisations were adopting "fascist tactics" to be in the government on the one hand and to arrogate the role of Opposition also to themselves on the other, Sharma said.

PTI