Updated December 13th, 2018 at 15:47 IST
We must protect secular character of India: Farooq Abdullah
India's secular character must be protected, said former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Thursday, December 13
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India's secular character must be protected, said former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Thursday, December 13.
Responding to the controversial remark by Meghalaya High Court's justice SR Sen that '' India should have declared itself a Hindu country, Abdullah said: ''We must protect the secular character of India.''
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''We are a secular nation. Our forefathers made it a secular nation, and we must protect the secular character of this nation. It's a question of unity in diversity. It is a diversity that we must strengthen,'' he added.
While disposing of the plea of a litigant who was denied a domicile certificate by Meghalaya government, Justice Sen on Monday, December 10 said,
'' Since the partition of the subcontinent, during Independence, was done on the basis of religion, Pakistan declared that it was an Islamic country. India should also have been declared a Hindu country.
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Published December 13th, 2018 at 15:47 IST
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