Dilip Simeon's blog: High Court of Jammu and Kashmir upholds Sanjay Tickoo's petition for protection of religious places and castigates communal versions of nationalism

"...In our constitutional scheme, a citizen of India is only an “INDIAN”. No person can claim himself to be a “Hindu nationalist,Muslim nationalist, Sikh nationalist, Buddhist nationalist or Christian nationalist.” The constitutional provisions, mention of some of which has been made in this order, does, in loud, clear and unambiguous terms, forbid using of such expression/s. A person, who persists with use of such expression/s and, in fact, believes in such a thought, has to be dealt with and proceeded against in accordance with the mandate contained in the Constitution and other laws of the land. As already stated, India belongs to “Indians”, who constitute one nation. Constitution of India does not recognize “Hindu nationalism, Muslim nationalism, Sikh nationalism, Buddhist nationalism or Christian nationalism.” These expressions denote that there is a “Hindu nation, Muslim nation, Sikh nation, Buddhist nation or Christian nation”. These expressions or thoughts are antithesis and abhorrent to the Constitution of India. The Constitution, as already stated, has created one nation called “India”... In our constitutional philosophy, there is only one “ism” that is “Indianism”. All other “isms” are sworn enemies of “Indianism”. Any person claiming to be “Hindu nationalist, Muslim nationalist, Sikh nationalist, Buddhist nationalist or Christian nationalist” is not only working against the “Indianism” but against the very thought of India. In India, there can be forces, which can be bracketed into two groups only, “Indians”, who are for India and “communals/extremists”, who are enemies of India. If India, which is created by its Constitution, which “we the people” have given to ourselves, has to survive, then it is only “Indianism”, which has to be there and all other “isms” have to disappear from the firmament of the country called India....

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