Is secularism dying in India? Find out who won debate at India Today Conclave 2024
India TodayIs secularism dying in India? While Trinamool Congress leader Riju Datta, one of the speakers debating for the motion, said secularism was dying because the ruling BJP practised "majoritarianism", BJP's Shehzad Poonawalla countered him, asserting that "Nehruvian secularism" gave nothing to the country. ARGUMENTS FOR THE MOTION Riju Dutta mentioned the old saying "what Bengal thinks today, India will think tomorrow" and cited the recently implemented Citizenship Amendment Act and Ram Mandir inauguration to back his remark that secularism is indeed dying in India. Attacking the BJP, Riju Dutta said that secularism is dying because the ruling BJP at the Centre practices majoritarianism, which means "one temple, one God, one food, one religion, one nation, one election, one party, and one leader". BJP's national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla took the stage last to speak against the motion, saying that he wore black clothes to reiterate that "Nehruvian secularism is dead".
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