No system can be secular, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday while claiming that the word ‘secular’ was the ‘biggest lie’ told after India gained independence.
The monk turned politician made these comments while speaking at a function organised by the Dainik Jagran group in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Adityanath also said that the people responsible for using the word ‘secular’ should apologise for it.
“I believe that after Independence, the biggest lie in India is the word secular…the people who gave birth to this word and who use it, should apologise. No system can be secular. Political systems can be neutral towards sects, but not secular.”
The word ‘secular’ is included in the Preamble to India’s constitution.