'More secular than the West'

Muhammad Sarwar is a Muslim MP in Scotland, and there are several South Asian MPs in the UK (Dadabhai Naoroji, Nirj Deva, Keith Vaz, Ashok Kumar, etc). The European Parliament has at least one Muslim MP (Bashir Khanbhai). Several UK upper house Lords and Baronnesses are also Asian (Shreela Flather, Swaraj Paul, Pratap Chitnis, Waheed Ali, Meghnad Desai, Paula Moziruddin (from Bangladesh) etc.). In Canada, the Governor General is a Chinese immigrant (Adrienne Clarkson). Indian-origin Ujjal Dosanjh was the Premier of British Columbia and S R Nathan was the President of Singapore.

Closer to home, India has many positive examples. Abul Kalam Azad was the first Education Minister (he designed the "bhai-bhai" curriculum which BJP is now trying to remove). Past Presidents included Dr. Zakir Hussain and Dr. Fakruddin Ali Ahmed. Justice M Hidayatullah was Acting President in the 1960s, and Vice President in the 1970s. The current President A P J Kalam was also head of India's highly sensitive nuclear program. Finally, the former Chief of Air Staff of Indian Air Force was I H Latif.

Other minorities are also well-represented.

The author of the Indian constitution, Ambedkar, was Buddhist. During Bangladesh's liberation, Maj. Jacob (later General), a Jewish officer, held an important post in the Indian army. The President in the early 80s was Giani Zail Singh (Sikh). Charan Singh (Dalit or "untouchable") was Prime Minister in 1979 and the President preceding A P J Kalam was another Dalit, R K Narayanan.

Can we show any comparable record with representation of Hindus, Christians, Paharis, etc in our country?