Rajiv Gandhi's Speech :
WHILE WE HAVE given the highest priority in our development to the war on poverty, we cannot afford to ignore all the other aspects that go with the development of the country. Development cannot mean merely economic development. It must include social, cultural, political and human development. Unless we are able to develop in all these spheres also, we will find it very difficult to fight this battle against communalism. Secularism is the bedrock of our nationhood, secularism as defined not in the English dictionaries, where it is defined as ?non-religious? or ?anti-religious?, but secularism the way Panditji defined it as Sarva Dharma Samabhava which allows every religion to flourish in our country.
WHILE WE HAVE given the highest priority in our development to the war on poverty, we cannot afford to ignore all the other aspects that go with the development of the country. Development cannot mean merely economic development. It must include social, cultural, political and human development. Unless we are able to develop in all these spheres also, we will find it very difficult to fight this battle against communalism. Secularism is the bedrock of our nationhood, secularism as defined not in the English dictionaries, where it is defined as ?non-religious? or ?anti-religious?, but secularism the way Panditji defined it as Sarva Dharma Samabhava which allows every religion to flourish in our country.