Why to mix politics and religion ? Are we paying too high premium ??

People have been fooled repeatedly by various politicians across the globe in the name of religion. Using people's faith to garner political ambitions, is the worst practice performed in India and nation is paying high price for this malpractice. Come election season, and you'll find series of hate speeches, to polarize votes.

So, the BIG question is - "Why politicians indulge in religion based politics" .

1.Appeasement of community which they belong to (Easy to catch unaware and ignorant people). A party indulged in minority and other in majority appeasement.
2.Fulfills their "Divide and Rule" policy.
3.Keep attention away from their failure to deliver promises last time.
4.DO NOTHING - and get votes after 5 years in the name of religion.

What we need to do?
We have to stop people from mixing politics with religion .Else, All the damage done by these pseudo well-wishers for society need to be paid by common man in form of 'Hatred','Riots', loss to nations internal security which sometimes take decades to recover.

We need to de-motivate individuals and political parties who take their decisions based on religion and try to create divisive lines across citizens.Strict laws are required to penalize heavily such culprits in a time bounded manner, else we'll keep paying high premium for wrongdoings of these handful people.