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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.

Let no one challenge India's secularism.

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.

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

India is a country in which every great religion finds a home.

In Western lands there is a distinct division between the religious and the secular life. There is one rule of conduct for laymen and another for clergymen. This distinction has never found its place in the life of the people of India. There, all of life is included in the word '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.

In Britain, we are not a secular state as France is, or some other countries.

Two things in India are religion - one is cricket, and one is movies - these are two things.