NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday lashed out at Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi over his “secularism was an European idea” remark calling it “outrageous and unacceptable”. Social gathering basic secretary Jairam Ramesh known as for the sacking of Ravi, calling him a “shame.”
“This man, who has taken an oath on the Structure, and who – inspite of his drumbeating – stays a Constitutional functionary, must be sacked forthwith.He’s a shame,” he stated in a submit on X.
Ramesh known as Ravi a “trial balloon floater” and claimed that he was echoing what the Prime Minister desires to get accomplished.
“This isn’t the primary outrageous and unacceptable assertion he has made. However he’s solely a trial balloon floater. He’s echoing what the non-biological PM desires to get accomplished,” he stated.
The Tamil Nadu governor had stoked controversy on Monday after he alleged that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had launched secularism within the Structure through the emergency to “appease some sections of individuals”.
“Secularism shouldn’t be a Bhartiya idea, it’s an European idea, let or not it’s there, allow them to be pleased with it. How can India be away from Dharma? ” Ravi instructed a convocation of Hindu Dharma Vidya Peetham at Thiruvattar in Kanyakumari.
“In Europe, secularism got here as a result of there was a combat between the church and the king. They wished to cease the combat which had been happening for a whole bunch of years. In order that they advocated separation between the Church and the King to make sure there was no interference with one another. In India, there isn’t any want for secularism,” he added.
Ravi’s feedback had additionally drawn sharp criticism from DMK, who stated that he ought to “go and skim the Structure”.
“Article 25 says that there must be a acutely aware freedom of faith that he does not know. He ought to go and skim the Structure totally. 22 languages are listed in our Structure. Hindi is a language which is spoken by a couple of states. The remaining states communicate different languages. The issue with the BJP is that they neither know India, nor the Structure,” DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan stated.
It wasn’t the primary time that the Tamil Nadu Governor had controversy along with his feedback on secularism. Final yr, he had stated that those that want to divide the nation have misinterpreted the idea of secularism.
“This man, who has taken an oath on the Structure, and who – inspite of his drumbeating – stays a Constitutional functionary, must be sacked forthwith.He’s a shame,” he stated in a submit on X.
Ramesh known as Ravi a “trial balloon floater” and claimed that he was echoing what the Prime Minister desires to get accomplished.
“This isn’t the primary outrageous and unacceptable assertion he has made. However he’s solely a trial balloon floater. He’s echoing what the non-biological PM desires to get accomplished,” he stated.
The Tamil Nadu governor had stoked controversy on Monday after he alleged that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had launched secularism within the Structure through the emergency to “appease some sections of individuals”.
“Secularism shouldn’t be a Bhartiya idea, it’s an European idea, let or not it’s there, allow them to be pleased with it. How can India be away from Dharma? ” Ravi instructed a convocation of Hindu Dharma Vidya Peetham at Thiruvattar in Kanyakumari.
“In Europe, secularism got here as a result of there was a combat between the church and the king. They wished to cease the combat which had been happening for a whole bunch of years. In order that they advocated separation between the Church and the King to make sure there was no interference with one another. In India, there isn’t any want for secularism,” he added.
Ravi’s feedback had additionally drawn sharp criticism from DMK, who stated that he ought to “go and skim the Structure”.
“Article 25 says that there must be a acutely aware freedom of faith that he does not know. He ought to go and skim the Structure totally. 22 languages are listed in our Structure. Hindi is a language which is spoken by a couple of states. The remaining states communicate different languages. The issue with the BJP is that they neither know India, nor the Structure,” DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan stated.
It wasn’t the primary time that the Tamil Nadu Governor had controversy along with his feedback on secularism. Final yr, he had stated that those that want to divide the nation have misinterpreted the idea of secularism.
