India has, for the longest time, politically forwarded the philosophies of composite nationalism and pluralism. The state has prided itself with Nehru’s canon of “unity in diversity,” thereby, accounting for the multiplicity in its constituent faiths and ethnic, cultural and linguistic groups. Today, however, with the increasing role of Hindu nationalistic ideals in Indian politics, there is a growing demand within the state for adapting to the values of Hinduism. The rise of Hindu nationalism is regarded by certain sections as the inherent dilemma of the pluralist Indian state. The rightist groups, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) have attempted to fill the gap created by the secularism of Congress. The BJP has an increasingly radicalised outlook regarding Muslims within the state in particular, and towards Pakistan in general. Their philosophy frames Islam as a bigoted system that is authoritarian and hostile toward Hinduism. There is a growing inclination of sections of Indian society toward Hindu nationalist parties like the BJP. Nonetheless, when a state is constitutionally ruled by a secular nationalistic ideology, it is expected to warrant a similar level of detachment from all the religious systems, not giving preferentiality to one over the other. However, in the case of India, the secular outlook of the country is being strongly confronted by the Hindu nationalistic surge. The BJP had already shown its anti-Muslim and Hindu nationalist tendencies in the state of Gujarat in the early 2000s. The installation of Yogi Adityanth as the Chief Minister of Utter Pradesh a couple of years back was another blow to the secular fabric of the state as the CM had been notorious for inciting communal riots in the past. Secularism came under stake since the first term of Modi’s BJP government in India. However, following the second term of Modi, the life of minorities in the state is becoming increasingly difficult. The central government passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which will protect non-Muslim unlawful migrants Recently, the central government passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which will protect non-Muslim unlawful migrants whereas rendering a huge number of Muslims stateless. The act has led to widespread protests in the country. However, there have been attempts by the government to forcefully silence the masses through police action. The northern state of Uttar Pradesh faced the most intense unrest following the CAA. The protests have resulted in the killing of 19 people within the state of UP only. However, in the view of the state’s CM, Yogi Adityanath, his staunch policies will not let the people get away with protests easily. On December 27, 2019, the official Twitter account of UP’s CM stated: “Every rioter is shocked. Every troublemaker is astonished. Looking at the strictness of the Yogi government, everyone is silent.” There has been undue use of force and large numbers of people have been detained. Contrarily, the opposition party of Indian National Congress carried out a flag march across the country with the slogan of ‘Save Constitution- Save India’ on December 28; undertaking to combat against any attempt to challenge the secular ethos of the Indian constitution. Besides, Hindu nationalists hold the notion that as the land presently called as India has been home to the proponents of Hindu faith throughout history, the territory has to be considered a Hindu country. Also, the advocates of Hindutva ideology are resolute to create United India by reclaiming the land that formerly constituted the Indian sub-continent, including the territory now known as Pakistan and Bangladesh. The growing prominence of such Hindutva forces in the Indian political scene is turning into a major source of apprehension in the region, primarily in its Muslim majority neighbour, Pakistan. The broad conception of India; which has had a multi-ethnic history and a multi-faith current status, seems to be clubbed down by a minimalist description of Hinduism. The program of Hindutva, as a result, is propagating and exploiting separatist tendencies. The writer is an MPhil scholar in International Relations from NDU, Islamabad, and a visiting faculty at IIUI