Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani on Wednesday made it clear that the concept of 'Akhand Bharat' (undivided
India) was no more relevant even as he justified his recent stance of sticking to the ground on utterances on Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah in the face of onslaught from Sangh Parivar.

Advani, who is still facing attacks from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, said in the changing situation there could be a possibility of India and Pakistan coming close enough to form a confederation.

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"There is a political debate going on and people are asking what happened to the concept of Akhand Bharat. I say that except for the first election manifesto of our party in 1952, it (Akhand Bharat) is mentioned nowhere," he said after releasing a book on The Bhagvad Gita in New Delhi.

Quoting Jan Sangh leader Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Advani said he had made it clear that after the Partition, Pakistan had become
a sovereign country as was India and he could not imagine that either of the countries would give up their sovereignty.