"What Does Secular Mean?" Uddhav Thackeray Answers Question With Question | Read
Maharashtra's new Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday sidestepped a question on the Shiv Sena embracing secularism, saying that it was only going by what is prescribed in the Indian Constitution. Uddhav Thackeray's response came at a press conference soon after he convened the first cabinet meeting of the Maha Vikas Aghadi - an alliance of the Shiv Sena, Congress and the NCP - at the Sahyadri Guest House. "What does secular mean? It is what's written in the Constitution," he said, when asked if his party's decision to align with the Congress and the NCP amounted to accepting the ideology of secularism.
