> > Replace all BJP with Congress and the same comments will apply to them > as well easily keeping in view the Sikh riots. May be somebody - may > be me and others - will need to tell the average Indian that they are > voting for a party that thrives on pesudo-secularism, and statements > like Nitish Kumar is communal when taking support from criminal and > psuedo-secular parties like SP, RJD, JMM, JD(S), repeatedly since > Indira-Rajeev times and is responsible for some mismanagement and > poverty that lingers in our country.
Bharat, I have a question about this "pseudo-secularism" that you have posted about. You seem to believe (correct me if I am wrong) that most of the parties that I would call "secular" are in fact "pseudo-secular". What do you mean by that? My understanding is that the BJP and related parties espouse the philosophy of Hindutva, and that Hindutva (depending on where exactly you stand on the political spectrum) means roughly that India is/should be a Hindu country with a Hindu identity and that Hindus should be given primacy (in whatever form). Similarly, my understanding of "secular parties" is that they espouse a view which states that India is a country of many religions and faiths and no faith should be given primacy over others, and India's identity is as a multi-faith country (even if 80% of the population is Hindu). Presumably, when you say "pseudo-secular", you mean that the secular parties do not live up to the ideal? Are there any truly secular parties in your view? Would you vote for one if it existed? Badri
