Accusing the Union government and the Sangh Parivar of pushing the country towards becoming a theocratic state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called on secular-minded people across the country to step up interventions to counter such attempts.
He was speaking after inaugurating the closing ceremony of the 60th State conference of the Kerala NGO Union here on Tuesday.
“During the freedom struggle, there was one group which wanted the British rule to continue, played no part in the struggle and belittled the struggle. After we gained freedom, they wanted to turn this into a nation where religion had primacy, but they were an insignificant force back then and a secular, Constitutional order prevailed. However, their successors are turning the wheel of governance of our country. Those who are supposed to protect secularism are trying to destroy it and turn this into a theocratic state. This was evident even in the inauguration of the new Parliament, which was turned into a ceremony of a particular religion,” he said.
