Justice TS Thakur, who took charge as the Chief Justice of India on Thursday, joined the intolerance debate on Sunday. The Chief Justice asserted that India belongs to all religions and some incidents do not change the fundamentally tolerant nature of the country.
Pointing to the need to promote a sense of an inclusive society, the CJI said, "It is necessary to promote a sense of an inclusive society and mutual respect for other religions, otherwise conditions will become difficult."
Justice Thakur further said that "we cannot divide the country on the basis of religion", adding, "As long as the judiciary is there, no one should fear he will be thrown out or persecuted".
"The holy book Geeta was originally written in Sanskrit, but I can't understand Sanskrit. I read Geeta in Urdu, which was translated by a Muslim," he said, claiming that "our existence is based on philosophy of tolerance".
Notably, President Pranab Mukherjee has also repeatedly talked about the issue of intolerance. Speaking at an event in Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat on Tuesday, the President had pointed that India relied on the principle of non violence and is an inclusive nation.
Mukherjee had cited Gandhiji's vision of India as an inclusive nation where every section of population lived in equality and enjoyed equal opportunity and said the essence of being human is "our trust of each other".
"Every day, we see unprecedented violence all around us. At the heart of this violence is darkness, fear and mistrust. While we invent new modes of combating this ever spiralling violence, we must not forget the power of non-violence, dialogue and reason," he said.
The President has been speaking against intolerance after the Dadri lynching incident and subsequent events.
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