It sounds very elite to talk of secularism but you need to first set your own house in order before you become preacher of secularism.
Some facts for the masses: 1. It was congress which in a bid to appease muslim clerics reversed SC order on Shah Bano Case. 2. It were congress goons who perpetrated one the worst massacres on sikh. 3. Congress always believed in 'Divide and Rule'.
If congress were so progressive and secular then we wouldnot have social tensions and ghettoism in the scale that we are seeing today. Congress doesn't care about majority (read hindus) because it knows that they vote on casteist lines. It doesn't care about christians as they don't vote on religious sentiments. Congress can go any length to woo muslim community as they are known to vote on religious lines (I don't blame them). Its because of congress differential and discriminating public policies that we saw rise of parties like BJP, VHP, Shiv Sena (all extremist parties)... BSP.
True secularism says no discrimination on basis of not only religion but also on basis of caste, creed and color. What govt. is doing in the name of social uplitment are only quickfix solutions?
1. Why majority of muslims are in backward condition? Govt. need to go at the root of the problem. Problem lies in educations. Still 95% of muslims go to madarsas which is totally unregulated. In absence of well accredited course curriculum, students out of these madarsas find it difficult to come in mainstream. What options then these young indians are left with? Its a vicious cycle of alienation.
2. Why Congress is not excluding creamy layers as reservation beneficiaries? Reservation policy has the backing of powerful lobby of OBC IAS and politicians. The percentage of actual OBCs (the real needy ones) who are going to benefit will be very low. Truth is there are no schools in the remote regions and if school is there then there are no teachers and students. I don't understand how reservation going to help these ppl.
Secularism is a total fraud perpetrated by the so-called-secular parties - congress and communists.
