BJP and Congress politics in India - Pran Chopra on secularism, in Rajasthan

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Pran Chopra: "Perhaps not so much in Madhya Pradesh but in Rajasthan too it is but I think that these are issues which you cannot say that one party is more for law and order than another party. So these really are things that fall under the category of performance. How has the BJP government performed on prices, on law and order and other things that you mention. But as far as issues in terms of beliefs programme is concerned, there the real issue is secularism. The BJP claims that the Congress is Pseudo-secularist, the Congress says the BJP is out and out a communal party and that communalises politics and that is dangerous for the country. But there are problems with these claims. For example, the CPI, CPM, Janata Dal also claim to be secular parties. In fact, I think they can honestly