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21 Apr, 2007
NEW DELHI: Observing that secularism meant separation of religion from politics, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said any political formation inciting people on religious grounds was betraying both religion and the Constitution.
Maintaining that forces of bigotry and communalism were trying to tear apart the "fine fabric of our composite culture", he said "what is worse than religious intolerance is the deployment of such intolerance for narrow political gain".
"Any political formation trying to incite people in the name of religion, whatever religion, is in fact betraying both religion and our Constitution," the Prime Minister said while inaugurating a two-day Inter-Faith Harmony Conclave.
Asserting that the Constitution was based on equal respect for all faiths, Singh said "when we say our Constitution is secular, we mean that it espouses the separation of religion from politics and governance.
"Equally, it means that the Constitution accords equal status to all religious faiths. The idea of equality is important," the Prime Minister said.
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