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Jaipur, Jan 19: “If your imagination of India is one of Hindutva, it is unconstitutional and undemocratic because it is not necessarily the will of the people but of those in power,” author Mukulika Banerjee said at the Jaipur Literature Festival that began on Thursday.
Addressing the ‘Democracy: The Warp and the Weft’ session here, she alleged that “several institutional distortions have developed in the last nine years at a broader level of self-avowed commitment to an ideology of Hindutva which is not a secret”.
“It’s not being brought by the back door. This is the official ideology of the ruling party, it is the official ideology of the RSS. That is precisely an idea of India which according to the current Indian Constitution would be unconstitutional,” the London-based writer and columnist said.
“Saying you are a democracy is not enough. You got to be a democracy. A Hindu…