Blakwall

Secularism has gone from being a part of our constitutional to an insult and accusation.  On October 11, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced that the government would not open places of worship due to the risk of Covid-19. This is reasonable because Maharashtra has the highest tally in the country, both in terms of cases and deaths- 1.5million and 40,000 deaths. The restrictions on opening of religious places will avoid crowding during festivals. In response to the Maharashtra government’s order, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari shot off a letter to Chief Minister Thackeray, advising him to reopen the places of worship. The Governor went on to take a jibe at the Chief Minister by asking if he is turning “ secular ” despite the Chief Minister being “ a strong votary of Hindutva .”   The Governor’s letter is a far cry from the constitutional position of his office. That the governor found it fit to interfere in the state government’s work on a mat