Yes jaison u r right when u say that every events shud be judged on its own merits and demerits. But why the hell is the government counting the number of "poor muslims" when they are supposed to count "poor indians" - don't read my definition of indians using ur political definition of secularism. When i say indian I mean any indian citizen and not based on his caste/ creed or religion. attempting to appease minority doesn't solve the problem of poverty, but it increases it. Its high time governments (I'm not talking of bull s*** political parties) start thinking of the welfare of an Indian, and not a religion / caste. I don't think either Sonia or mulayam can ever think of an Indian citizen without thinking of his religion or caste.