The events in Assam where recurring violence was undermining the security of the people and the religious divide was being politically exploited, is a danger to the unity of India, Lok Satta Party President Dr Jayaprakash Narayan said today.
Greeting Muslims on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, Dr Narayan in a media statement appealed to people to utilize the festive season to introspect and deepen mutual ties and respect so that children of all faiths live together, grow together and seek happiness together.
He pointed out that India was the most eclectic of all lands in that every religious faith and philosophy has found hospitable terrain here. All faiths and traditions ranging from Vedic religion, bhakti movement, Judaism, Buddhism and Jainism to Christianity, Islam and Sikhism have taken roots and evolved into a syncretic culture in the ancient and longest surviving Indian civilization.
This land belongs to practitioners of and believers in all faiths and philosophies’, he said and added ‘The truest tribute to nationhood is recognition of our composite culture and strengthening the traditions of harmony and mutual respect’.
——————————UNI