K. R. Narayanan Quotes

Communal mobilisation in the long run will not succeed in India because Indian society cannot be mobilized communally. Even the last elections have shown that communities, religious communities, castes did not vote solidly for one party.

K. R. Narayanan

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• Communal
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• Communal mobilisation in the long run will not succeed in India because Indian society cannot be mobilized communally. Even the last elections have shown that communities, religious communities, castes did not vote solidly for one party.

  

  K. R. Narayanan
  • Society
  • Indian
  • Communal