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New Delhi: Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani has said that the word ‘secular’ has become a disease in this country as everything which is associated with Hindus becomes non-secular. Jethmalani's remarks have come in wake of a row after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited CJI DY Chandrachud's residence and offered Ganpati Puja on Wednesday. A video of him performing Ganesh Aarti had also surfaced.

Speaking exclusively to Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami , Mahesh Jethmalani said, “These are a bunch of people sponsored by extremists… nobody questions others (when they attend Iftar party), everything seems fine then.”

“We don’t have to proclaim how secular we are,” senior advocate Mahesh Jethamalani said.

“It's time we shed these… the first thing that is needed to be done is to take out that amendment when we put the word ‘secular’ in the Constitution's preamble which is an extremely mischievous amendment that we will have to peril… this country is democratic and we look after our minorities… we have the best constitutional provisions to look out after our minorities.”

Jethmalani further said that people made a business out of Gujarat riots and now all those are out of business.

"There are a bunch of people who thrive for their livelihood on Public Interest Litigation (PILs) normally sponsored by extraneous forces...,” Jethmalani added.