In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Ejaz Maqbool, Sr Advocate, SC; Kamal Faruqui, Political Analyst; Dr Tasleem Ahmed Rehmani, President, Muslim Political Council of India; Prof Kancha Illiah, Dalit Activist & Author; Misba Qadri, Was denied a Flat; Zeeshan Khan, Was denied a job; Pandit Ajay Gautam, Spokesperson, Shankaracharya, Dwarkadhish Peeth; Ashish Shelar, MLA and President Mumbai BJP; Manisha Kayande, Spokesperson, Shiv Sena; Rahul Easwar, Social Activist; and Sanjay Pinto, Lawyer & Columnist -- discuss the issue of a woman denied a flat on rent in Mumbai allegedly for being a Muslim, just days after a male MBA graduate was denied a job by a firm for similar reasons, and whether India can look away from the apartheid truth.

A young Muslim woman was refused a flat for rent in Mumbai by a builder allegedly on grounds of her religion just days after a male MBA graduate was denied a job by a diamond export firm for similar reasons. Taking serious note of the incident, Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Eknath Khadse today promised strict action against the guilty. An activist has also taken up the matter with the National Commission for Minorities seeking a probe into the builder's "discriminatory policy." 25-year-old Misbah Quadri, who works with a Public Relations agency, had been living in an apartment at Kandivali in the western suburbs of Mumbai since she came to the city from Gujarat a year ago. Recently, she planned to move to a flat in Wadala area but met with a shocking response from the builder of the apartments. Quadri claimed that when she approached the builder's representative, she was bluntly told that it was a policy of theirs not to give homes on rent to Muslims. And, in a case of alleged religious discrimination, a young MBA graduate was declined employment in a diamond export company for being a Muslim, prompting the National Commission for Minorities to seek an explanation from the business ho