Religious basis of citizenship would be a negation of secularism, liberalism, equality and justice | The Indian Express

Religious basis of citizenship would be a negation of secularism, liberalism, equality and justice | The Indian Express

Religious basis of citizenship would be a negation of secularism, liberalism, equality and justice

DECEMBER 11, 2019 10:41:05 AM

Shared identity is at the core of citizenship. The framers of our Constitution and those who enacted the Citizenship Act in 1955 believed in citizenship as a unifying idea. Today, citizenship is being used to divide people and treat people of certain religious persuasion as inferior.