Communalism is a situation when a particular community tries to promote its own interest at the cost of other communities. It is an ideology that rises from religious pluralism and is considered a social menace. Communalism can also be defined as a tool that is given rise to, in the presence of diverse religions, to gain political benefits in a state. The fundamental belief of communalism is that members loyalty should lie within the group instead of to the country in which they live.

The following are some of the major beliefs of communal people:

• Religion is seen as the basis of the nation.
• When one religion and its followers are discriminated against another.
• When people start believing that beliefs of one religion are superior to those of other religions.
• When the demands of one religious group are formed in opposition to another.
• When the state power is used to establish the domination of one religious group over the rest.

Communalism has a negative impact on society and the constitution. The feeling of communalism leads to communal tension in society. People have strong communal feelings and try to show that their religion is superior compared to other religions and give more importance to religious interest. Such people do not look at other people with equality. They look at them from a communal perspective. These kinds of feelings divide society. Having a feeling of communalism is not only against society but also against the spirit on which our Constitution is framed.