Muzaffar Ali gets Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawna award

New Delhi: Congress president  Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday  presented Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawna Award to noted filmmaker Muzaffar Ali.

Sonia said that all the great things in the world have happened because of the spirit of harmony with ill-will being the cause behind the bad.

“Rajivji had begun sadbhawna yatras a few days before his martyrdom. I remember as communal incidents are taking place in many parts of the country today, similar communal and caste incidents were happening then,” she said. Former Prime MInister Manmohan Singh averred that India’s diversity can be a source of great strength but we should not let it be “exploited” by creating divisions in the name of religion and caste.