Secularism European, not Bharatiya concept: Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi

CHENNAI: Secularism is a European concept, not Bharatiya, which is why it wasn't a part of the Indian Constitution until an "insecure Prime Minister" added it during Emergency, Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi has said.
A lot of fraud has been committed on people of the country, one of them being the wrong interpretation of secularism, Ravi said in Kanyakumari on Sunday.
"What does secularism mean?" he said, adding that it evolved in Europe to resolve a fight between church and the king.Congress called his statement "outrageous and unacceptable."
'One insecure PM introduced secularism amid Emergency'
At the time of Independence, when the Constitution was being drafted, a discussion came up on secularism and the Constituent Assembly rejected it, observing that Bharat is a dharma-centric country and there has been no conflict similar to what was witnessed in Europe, Tamil Nadu governor RN Ravi claimed. Constituent Assembly deliberated that Bharat is a country of dharma", he said, adding: "How can there be a conflict with dharma? How can Bharat be away from dharma? it cannot be!" In India, there was no need for secularism, they said, hence it was not included in the Constitution, the governor asserted.
Decades later, during Emergency (1975-77), "one insecure Prime Minister" introduced secularism in the Constitution in order to appease some sections of people, the governor alleged. Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister during the Emergency.