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Lok Sabha election results show that India is not a Hindu nation: Dr Amartya Sen

Lok Sabha election results show that India is not a Hindu nation: Dr Amartya Sen

#News Bureau 27 June, 2024

Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen said the Lok Sabha election results have shown that India is not a Hindu nation. Speaking to the media on his arrival from the US on Wednesday night, the eminent economist said: “That India is not a Hindu nation is proved by the opinion of Indian voters.”

Dr Sen, who arrived at his home in Shantiniketan late night, was reacting to comments that the country has got an opposition leader after a decade. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has been made the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

When Dr Sen was asked about Narendra Modi becoming the Prime Minister for the third time and having to depend on allies for the first time, he said, “What happened in the past is happening now. The gap between the rich and the poor has widened. The political outlook has to be liberalised. India is a secular nation, it would not be wise to convert it into a Hindu nation.” He rejected the idea of ​​turning India into a “Hindu Rashtra”, insisting that a politically open mind is needed since India is a secular country with a secular constitution.

Dr Amartya Sen said- “I don’t think the idea of ​​turning India into a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ is justified. The new Union Cabinet is a copy of the earlier one. The ministers have the same portfolios. Despite a little reshuffle, the politically powerful is still powerful.”

Regarding the BJP’s defeat in the Faizabad Lok Sabha seat where the Ram temple was built, Dr Sen accused the ruling party of destroying the country’s real identity. He said “…Ram temple was built by spending so much money,

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