The opposition harped on the word secular as they referred to the Constitution while speaking on issues such as the NRC and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. However, it does look like they don’t understand the difference between the true meaning of being secular and pseudo-secular.
During two crucial debates, the Opposition has chosen to question the secular credentials of the BJP. The BJP was accused of changing the nature of a secular state while speaking on issues such as the NRC and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. When the Constitution of India was written, did it describe India as a secular state? To understand this more, we need to observe closely what the Constitution originally said, Dr BR Ambedkar’s thoughts on the insertion of secular into the Constitution and also the 42nd amendment as Simplified by Ajay Joseph
