Dear India, Please Don’t Mix Religion With Politics

They use religion as a shield to cover the false promises made by at the time of an election campaign.

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Dear India,

I have some questions for you. What will my country and I gain from this communal politics? I will blame all the political parties, they are setting the wrong precedent and a negative trend – that you can easily manipulate the voters and win an elections by creating communal tension – for the GenX politicians.

They use religion as a shield to cover the false promises made at the time of an election campaign.

It’s unfortunate that nowadays religion is used as a tagda vote bank. We all must promise and take a pledge to respect all religions and cultures in India. And never should we ever mix “religion with politics” or “politics with religion”.

The upliftment of all culture in our country should be everyone’s top priority. We need to be alert and smart enough not to become a victim of communal politics. We must stand for “peace, harmony and truth”.

Corruption and communal tension are injurious to our country. Let’s fight to stop this. Wake up India! We should not lose our pride.

Jai Hind,
Abul Kalam