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In post-independence India, the two-nation theory has helped advance the cause of groups seeking to identify a " Hindu national culture " as the core identification of an Indian.

This allows the acknowledgment of the common ethnicity of Hindus and Muslims while requiring that all adopt a Hindu identity in order to be truly Indian.

From the Hindu nationalist perspective, this concedes the ethnic reality that Indian Muslims are " flesh of our flesh and blood of our blood " but still presses for an officially-recognized equation of national and religious identity, i. e., that " an Indian is a Hindu.

" The theory has provided evidence to the allegation that Indian Muslims " cannot be loyal citizens of India " or any other non-Muslim nation, and are " always capable and ready to perform traitorous acts ".

Constitutionally, India rejects the two-nation theory and regards Indian Muslims as equal citizens.

From the official Indian perspective, the partition is regarded as a tactical necessity to rid the subcontinent of British rule rather than denoting acceptance of the theory.