Talk:Hindu code bills
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Ambedkar vs Nehru
editSome sections of the article vilify Nehru and praise Ambedkar. Lots of biased opinions. Can someone update with what happened actually rather than blaming/praising someone? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shekure (talk • contribs) 08:24, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
JNU POV
editWhat is the article by Anup Kumar JNU doing on the page? It is a vitriolic POV and does not adhere to any Wiki standard. Am deleting it--Puruvara (talk) 09:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
The Bills vs. Secularism
editThe bills sought to outlaw specific Hindu practices instead of waiting for Hindus to reform their own religion, thereby contravening a fundamental tenet of Western nation-states, viz. separation of church and state. The bills also abandoned secularism by aiming to nullify or override religious practices by state action. The bills' aggressive timing reflected personal biases of Prime Minister Nehru, an atheist, and Law Minister Ambedkar, a Hindu convert to Buddhism and a longstanding and loud critic of Hinduism. Finally, the bills as a whole were called communal [1] because they targeted only certain religions, and ignorant because they were arbitrarily grouped together.
It was alleged that Nehru did not have the courage to target Muslims since he feared that it would lead to large-scale bloodshed nationwide. The charge was made by cabinet member Shyama Prasad Mukherji [2]who went on to found the Jan Sangh, which became the Bharatiya Janata Party over time through multiple re-organizations.
As a related observation, it is worth noting that state governments in India increasingly control the management of the main operating Hindu temples [3] (and only Hindu temples). Thus even today, India does not honor separation of church and state, and therefore is not secular, despite slogans to the contrary. Sooku (talk) 04:07, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
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