Originally posted by: Vr15h
I think that government should simply stay out of 🛕construction & related events. Not b'cos I believe in secularism - I don't - but b'cos the moment they do, they do one or both of 2 things:
- They muck it up, do it badly
- They then try to be all inclusive, including people who don't belong to the faith in question. That brings up controversies about their participation in it
The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust was on paper independent, but in practice, joined at the hip w/ the VHP, which in turn is joined at the hip w/ BJP. Then we had all the controversies we did about the guest list, the involvement of muslims in making parts of the temple & so on. It would have been best if a totally autonomous body, w/ no ties to this or any other political party, had undertaken it, and done it completely at its own pace, and announced the 🛕 whenever it was ready
Finally, just like churches, mosques & gurudwaras are neither owned nor controlled by government, Hindu temples shouldn't be either
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