Muslims feeling excluded is a moral failure’: Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has expressed concern over the growing normalization of discrimination against Muslims in India, calling it a “moral failure”.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Tharoor shared an opinion article on NDTV citing an incident where BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir media co-in-charge Sajjad Yusuf Shah allegedly faced denial of hotel accommodation in Maharashtra due to his Muslim and Kashmiri identity.
Tharoor said the episode exposes a “deeper moral decay” in society. “A great civilization is not measured only by GDP growth or highways. Its real greatness lies in how it treats its weakest people and how safely minorities can sleep at night,” he wrote.
The Congress MP warned that when discrimination becomes institutionalized, it targets identity rather than political affiliation. He urged the BJP to reflect on the treatment of its own functionary and said India must rebuild a society where every citizen, regardless of religion, feels safe and welcome.
