DC Edit | Identity is no bar: Every Indian can aim to be PM
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DC Edit | Identity is no bar: Every Indian can aim to be PM

Deccan Chronicle  

An almost absurd debate has emerged in certain sections of the Indian polity after the elevation of Indian-origin British leader, Rishi Sunak, as the leader of the Conservative Party and British Prime Minister — who can and who cannot aim to become the Prime Minister of India? Some of the leaders of the Congress Party, who raised the valid issue of political representation of religious minorities, particularly in the context of the BJP having a near-zilch allocation of tickets of Muslims in various elections, should still not have castigated India, with the Congress itself having been led by an Italy-born Catholic for over 24 years and a Sikh Prime Minister for a decade. When AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi states he wishes to see a hijab-clad woman become India’s Prime Minister, it is a welcome statement. Every Indian can aspire to become a Prime Minister and it is the beauty of India’s democracy, Constitution and society that their identity is not held against such an aspiration.

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