Nitish Kumar says context of Hamid Ansari's view on minorities must be understood

 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday backed Vice President Hamid Ansari's comments on minorities, saying that one has to understand the context of his address and why he has said what he has.

"First, we have to understand what he has said and in what relation, this has to be understood first". said Kumar.

On Monday while delivering an inaugural address at the "Golden Jubilee Session of All India Muslim Majlis-e- Mushawarat", Vice President Ansari said "Muslims were an integral part of the freedom struggle against the British rule. They are dispersed all over the country, are not homogenous in linguistic and socio-economic terms and reflect in good measure the diversities that characterise the people of India as a whole". 

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