Minority appeasement is a blot on secularism

Articles 14 and 15(1) of the Constitution enjoin that the state shall not discriminate against any person on grounds of religion, caste, race or such other issues. Ours is a secular country. Yet, last year on April 9, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced monthly allowances of Rs 2,500 for imams and Rs 1,500 for muezzins and got a budgetary allocation of Rs 660 crore passed by the State Assembly. The payments were eventually stayed by the High Court earlier this year.

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