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Secularism
Context
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi described secularism as a concept that came from distant lands in the West, which does not have a home in India. Secularism is a European concept, and it is not an Indian concept.
What is Secularism?
- Secularism in India means equal status and treatment to all the religion.
- The word ‘secular’ was added to the Indian Constitution’s preamble through the 42nd Amendment in 1976, although the idea of secularism was implicit from the start.
- India was declared a secular State to differentiate it from Pakistan, whose raison d’être was a separate nation for Muslims.
- The Preamble to our Constitution resolves to constitute India into a Secular Republic. So the Constitution of India stands for a Secular state.
- Secularism consists of three commitments:
- Firstly, that there is no religion that the State identifies with
- Secondly, that the people are free to follow religion of their choice
- Thirdly, that the State does not discriminate between people following different religions
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