Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday asserted the recent Lok Sabha poll results point to the fact that India is not a 바카라Hindu Rashtra바카라.
Sen, who arrived in Kolkata from the US in the evening, also expressed displeasure over the 바카라continuation바카라 of putting people behind bars 바카라without trial바카라 even under the new dispensation.
"That India is not a 바카라Hindu Rashtra바카라 only has been reflected in the election results," Sen told a Bengali news channel at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here.
"We always hope to see a change after every election. Some of what happened earlier (during the BJP-led central government) like putting people behind bars without trial, and widening the gap between the rich and poor, are still continuing. That must stop,바카라 he said.
The eminent economist said there is a need to be politically open-minded, especially when India is a secular country with a secular Constitution.
바카라I do not think the idea of turning India into a 바카라Hindu Rashtra바카라 is appropriate,바카라 Sen, 90, said.
He was also of the opinion that the new Union cabinet is 바카라a copy of the earlier one바카라.
바카라The ministers continue to hold similar portfolios. Despite a slight reshuffle, the politically powerful are still powerful,바카라 he said.
Sen recalled that during his childhood when India was under the British rule, people were jailed without any trial.
바카라When I was young, many of my uncles and cousins were put in jail without trial. We had hoped that India would be free from this. Congress is also to blame for the fact that this did not stop. They didn't change it... But, this is more in practice under the present government,바카라 the Nobel laureate said.
"... Building the Ram Temple spending so much money... to portray India as a 바카라Hindu Rashtra바카라, which should not have happened in the country of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. It shows an attempt to neglect India바카라s true identity, and it must change,바카라 he said.
Sen also said that unemployment was on the rise in India, and sectors like primary education and primary healthcare were being neglected.
