Jhansi (UP), Oct 9 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that after Independence, some people in India distorted the meaning of secularism, and championed those who mocked Indian traditions as the “true seculars.” Adityanath was addressing the closing ceremony of the 36th regional sports meet of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidya Bharati Shikshan Sansthan group here.

“After Independence, there was a race to appear secular.” “Institutions like Vidya Bharati recognised the danger of this thinking and worked, without any government support, to establish education centres rooted in national and cultural values,” he said.

The chief minister said that people defined secularism in their own way, those who criticised or insulted India’s traditions, culture, and values were c

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