Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said India cannot be built as a strong nation if institutions of governance discriminate against sections of the society."This country will hold together only if we give everyone in India a stake in the future of India. We cannot build an inclusive society unless every institution of governance consciously sheds its biases and prejudices," Chidambaram said at the Entrepreneurial Summit here."There were riots in a city in one of the states a few years ago. We found, to our great dismay, that people on two-wheelers, in cars, joining looters to loot shops. Why would anyone who owns a car or a two-wheeler join looters to loot shops," he said.Each one of us must be conscious that we are born with biases and prejudices, which show up at the most unexpected times, he added.If vast sections of the society feel alienated, India cannot be built as a strong nation, he said.He said the Sachar Committee has brought out that Muslims are clearly a disadvantaged group. "So are Dalits, so are scheduled tribes," he added.
