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Communalism again

Sir, — The demand of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for the trifurcation of Kashmir on religious lines, calling it administrative convenience, reveals the communal mindset of the RSS once again. Its claim that it does not subscribe to the two-nation theory holds no water. The theory essentially rests on the premise that nations are based on religion. While Jinnah demanded a separate Muslim state of Pakistan on the basis of the theory, the RSS, then and now, has asserted that India is a Hindu "rashtra" and that all other religious groups have to remain subordinate to the Hindus. The communal approach to national problems has to be buried and pluralist democratic values should guide our republic.

Ram Puniyani,

Mumbai

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