From what i understand, in a democracy secularism means not bringing religion in daily running of government or administration or in other words, religion is kept out of politics and policy. However, in India, we have been told that secularism means treating all religions as equal
Worst is the case, our politicians and policy makers go one step further. For our politicians, if anyone says that they are Hindu, then they are communal. However, if someone claims they are from another religion and if they meet with Imams or Bishops for seeking votes, they are secular. To cut things short, in our country, if anyone says that they are supporting sangh parivar, they become communal
If any regional party gets into alliance with BJP, then it is a communal alliance. However, once these regional parties break and gets into alliance with any other party, then they are part of secular alliance
To conclude...is, BJP the only communal party in India. For me, any party which uses caste as the basis of getting votes are communal
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