Hailing the armed forces as a “splendid embodiment of our secular project”, the Congress veteran said the three services had a glorious record of keeping away from politicians’ manipulations and intrigues. “It is vitally important that the armed forces remain uncontaminated from any sectarian appeal,” Singh said while addressing a programme organised by the CPI in memory of former general secretary A.B. “We should be unambiguously clear that any attempt to weaken the secular fabric of our republic would be an attempt to dismantle the larger egalitarian project — a secular, progressive democratic polity,” the former Prime Minister said. Verma in 1996, the former Prime Minister said it had a decisive impact on the ongoing debate among political parties about the principles and practises of secularism. All of them, Singh said, fully endorsed and shared Nehru’s secular ideas and formulations, and Gandhi paid the price for his steadfast commitment to a secular state.

Source: The Telegraph September 25, 2018 21:31 UTC