The growing majoritarianism in India is a sign of declining pluralism in a multicultural country known for its unity in diversity and has to be seen in the context of increasing intolerance of secular values, said Dr. Manzoor Alam, chairman of Delhi-based Milli Council and senior political analyst.

“It is indeed the increasing majoritarianism in Indian politics that needs to be contested; minority communities are no threat to Indian pluralism,” Alam said.

The senior political researcher, who is in the Kingdom on a brief tour, expressed his resentment at the intolerance and recent violence in New Delhi.

Reacting with great displeasure, he also blamed the Indian media for exercising bias in favor of the current political scenario.

“The media is the fourth pillar of a democracy and it must behave responsibly,” he asserted.

He went on to say: “It is not a party that is doing well in the Indian elections one after another, but it is the media which stands exposed failing to discharge its duty with dignity.”

When asked if the minority community have made any serious efforts to learn about the evolution of the contemporary media in India, he underlined that the Milli Council itself had begun a caravan tour from Murshidabad to Mysore.