Kolhapur: Claiming that restructuring of Muslim countries according to Democratic norms was a global need, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international general secretary Pravin Togadia on April 27 asked the Centre to support the US-led war on Iraq.

"It is a global need to restructure the Muslim countries according to Democratic norms and the war on Iraq was also part of it," he told reporters.

"Hence, the Centre should support America's action and forget that Russia was a superpower," he said.

Stating that VHP will support any political party which openly supports a Hindu rashtra, he said the organisation's ultimate target was to declare the country as a Hindu rashtra.

Asked to clarify his statement in Mumbai on April 26 that Congress president Sonia Gandhi's move to oppose trishul would only result in severe repercussions, Togadia said, "They (repercussions) will be Democratic and electoral in nature."

PTI