Amartya Sen Says Lok Sabha Poll Results Show India Not 'Hindu Rashtra'

The eminent economist said there is a need to be politically open-minded, especially when India is a secular country with a secular Constitution.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday asserted the recent Lok Sabha poll results point to the fact that India is not a 'Hindu Rashtra'.

Mr Sen, who arrived in Kolkata from the US in the evening, also expressed displeasure over the "continuation" of putting people behind bars "without trial" even under the new dispensation.

"That India is not a 'Hindu Rashtra' only has been reflected in the election results," Mr Sen told a Bengali news channel at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here.