What do you understand by the words inclusive and democratic in the given statement?

“In Indian nationalism, the dominant trend was marked by an inclusive and democratic vision.” In this statement, the term ‘Inclusive’ in the statement means, that the country like India recognised diversity and plurality and the term ‘Democratic’ means that it doesn’t discriminate or exclude and believes in creating a just and equitable society. The reason that why people participated in this was that they were aware that democratic policies and inclusive sentiments had been taken into consideration.

In Indian nationalism, people were never discriminated or defined by religion, caste, colour, creed or race. The main feature of the Indian nationalism was that it believed in humanism and degraded the idea of the exclusive nationalism. The great personalities like Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore followed such ideas.