Neither Congress nor BJP is truly secular

Neither Congress nor BJP is truly secular

Narayan Murthy, the founder of Infosys has recently stated ‘neither Congress nor BJP is truly secular’ has hit right on the bull’s-eye.

For:

- Congress' secular authorizations are ominously better than those of the BJP as congress still aims at ‘Hindutva’ as their controlling viewpoint
- Whereas BJP’s concentration lies on ‘Akhand Bharat and Ram Rajya’
- The construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya still lies on utmost priority for BJP
- Apologies was requested only by the Congress government and not from BJP government for the communal violence that took place under their impact
- With BJP’s Hindu fundamentalist philosophy, congress’ minority pacification cannot be compared

Against:

- Gujarat riots, demolition of Babri masjid, tenacious assaults on Christians in Orissa are blotches on BJP’s record that cannot be snubbed
- BJP follows the bridleway of playing politics with religion
- On the other hand, congress is neither clean; Khalistan movement by Indira Gandhi, anti-Sikh riots, will always be a question on their secularism
- Neither of the parties holds an impeccable secular record
- The only difference that the 2 parties hold is that BJP has a majoritarian point of view whereas, Congress by dividing the religious communities
- The parties concentration should be on the economic development rather than their identities

Conclusion:
- Both the parties have not been able to attain the secular title, though congress has to an extent tried to keep up the Hindu secularism but not completely.