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Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.

If India is not secular, then India is not India at all.

As far as the public is concerned, India is amazingly secular.

India was secular even when Muslims hadn't come here and Christians hadn't set foot on this soil. It is not as if India became secular after they came. They came with their own modes of worship, and they, too, were given a place of honor and respect. They had the freedom to worship God as per their wish and inclination.

It is my sincere hope that every person in India will experience true freedom of faith, regardless of religion.

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.

For me, my secularism is, India first. I say, the philosophy of my party is 'Justice to all. Appeasement to none.' This is our secularism.

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

A common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of a liberal, tolerant spirit in religious matters, are possible.

Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.