Shillong: A Meghalaya High Court judge has passed a judgement opining that India should have declared itself a Hindu nation at the time of Partition. The judgement has kicked off a political uproar with the BJP and the Shiv Sena welcoming the stand of a person who holds a constitional post, while several Muslim leaders of the country have opined that the Judge should have refrained from making such a statement.
Justice SR Sen wrote in his judgment in a case related to permanent resident certificate of an army jawan that “Pakistan declared itself as an Islamic country and India since was divided on the basis of religion should have also been declared as a Hindu country but it remained as a secular country.”
“I make it clear that nobody should try to make India as another Islamic country, otherwise it will be a dooms day for India and the world,” Justice Sen said in his judgment.
In continuation to his stand, the Judge said that the Prime Minister, Law minister and Parliament must bring a legislation to allow citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, Christians, Khasis, Jaintias and Garos, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, without any question or documents.
While Union minister Giriraj Singh and Shiv Sena hailed the judgement, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi condemned it.
Reacting to the remark in the high court judgment, Farooq Abdullah said, “It is a secular country and will remain secular. Those who want to talk anything else, they can say what they like as it is a democratic nation but it won’t make any difference.”
Responding to this remark, Owaisi said, “I condemn the judgment of Meghalaya High Court delivered by Justice Sen. India will never become the Islamic country.”
On the other hand, Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut said, “Our party has always maintained that this is a Hindu Rashtra because the partition of the country happened on the basis of religion in 1947.”
Giriraj Singh also welcomed the remarks made in the judgment saying, “I fully agree with him (Justice Sen). I thank him as someone holding a constitutional post has made a comment that reflects the thoughts of majority population.”
