Concerted Effort Via Some To Regard Muslims As “Others”: Hamid Ansari
Hamid Ansari stated that there’s a concerted effort by way of some within the nation to treat Muslims as “others”.
New Delhi:
Former vp Hamid Ansari on Wednesday stated that there’s a concerted effort by way of some within the nation to treat Muslims as “others” and stressed out that India’s plural society has been the truth for hundreds of years.
Collaborating in a dialogue on his ebook “Via Many a Satisfied Coincidence: Reminiscences of a Existence”, he stated his Muslim-ness didn’t topic and his skilled competence did.
“There’s a concerted effort from positive quarters to treat Muslims as others. Am I a citizen or now not? If I’m a citizen, I’ve the suitable to be a beneficiary of all issues that drift out of citizenship,” he stated, however didn’t elaborate.
“A plural society used to be an existential truth in India for hundreds of years,” he additionally famous.
Former Union minister and senior Congress chief P Chidambaram, who used to be additionally a part of the dialogue, stated he and Ansari are each pained because the tendencies of the ultimate a number of years are “threatening those that are Muslims”.
“They really feel threatened and subsequently they’re retreating,” he famous.
“Muslim id is being intentionally focused in India and the present dispensation is concentrated on them viciously,” Mr Chidambaram alleged.
Mr Ansari stated the talk on Muslim id is “quite superfluous” as every one has a couple of identities.
“I lift a number of identities all on the similar time. Why will have to one id be picked out merely to be ridiculed. A citizen is a citizen,” he stated.
Mr Ansari stated his revel in as a certified diplomat for 4 many years didn’t speak about his Muslim-ness. “When I used to be within the UN at a hard time my Muslim-ness didn’t topic. My skilled competence mattered,” he stated.
