| Religion based politics impede peace, progress, development: Rana | | |  Early Times Report
NAGROTA, Feb 8 : Cautioning against the ill-effects of religion and caste based political discourse, Provincial President National Conference Deve-nder Singh Rana said secularism was the only way out in a multi-lingual and multi-religious nation like India.
"Confining ourselves in water tight compartments will retard our growth as a vibrant, progressive and prosperous nation", Rana said while addressing a gathering at Khanna Chhurgal in Nagrota Assembly Constituency this afternoon.
The Provincial President said the religion or caste based politics was fraught with the danger of fragmenting society into bits and pieces, which in turn will impede peace, progress and development, which forms core of the civilised world. "Having inherited this spirit from times immemorial, we are duty bound to bequeath this treasure for posterity, as they have to face the fast changing world with a sense of confidence", he maintained.
In this context, Rana referred to Jammu and Kashmir's tryst with secular polity and said the state has prospered and progressed as a single entity only because of the tolerance and respect for each others' identities. "This spirit has to be preserved and promoted at all costs and any attempt to deviate from the well chosen path decades ago will manifest in chaos and confusion", he said and hoped that political class in particular will appreciate the significance of unity in diversity. |
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