Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the country does not discriminate on the basis of caste, creed or religion, and added that no country in the world has more cultural diversity than India.
"Religious tolerance is inherent in our Indian culture; all sects of all religions be it Muslims, Parsi and Christians are found in India. In our nation we do not discriminate on the basis of caste, creed or religion. You won't see it in any other country," said Singh.
Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said the acts of intolerance experienced by religious faiths of all types in India in the past few years would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi.
He, however, did not name any particular religion and said the violence is not unique to one group or one religion.
In an address at New Delhi's Siri Fort auditorium on January 27, during the last leg of his India trip, Obama had made a strong pitch for religious tolerance, cautioning that India will succeed so long as it is not splintered along the lines of religious faith.
