Speaking at the launch of the Global Encyclopedia of the Ramayana, Ajay Singh Bisht, the Chief Minister of India’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh, launched into a tirade on India’s Secularism. He said:
This word ‘secularism’ is the biggest threat to develop India’s prosperous traditions and give it a spot on the global stage. People who are misguiding the public for their own benefit and betraying the country will not be spared. People who are creating false propaganda about India for money will face the heat.
It is well-known that Ajay Singh Bisht, known as Yogi Adityanath, detests India’s secular ideals. Earlier, he stated that the word Secular is “the biggest lie” and suggested that the people who propagated it should apologise to the nation.
It is a great tragedy, a national shame, that people like Ajay Singh Bisht, who took oath on India’s Constitution, have no qualms in denigrating one of its core values – Secularism. The preamble to the Constitution of India states:
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