Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 13 September said that Sanatan Dharma is the nationwide faith of the nation on the unveiling ceremony of Dhwajstambh (flagstaff) at Nath temple in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He expressed remorse that sure Indian residents proceed to deride the Sanatan Dharma which has lengthy been persecuted.
His feedback got here towards the backdrop of an inflammatory assertion on Sanatan Dharma made by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief and Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin at an occasion referred to as “Eradicate Sanatan Conference” on 2 September in Chennai which led to an enormous uproar within the nation.
मध्य प्रदेश के इंदौर स्थित श्रीनाथ मंदिर में ध्वज स्तंभ के लोकार्पण कार्यक्रम में… https://t.co/si4bq1JsHN
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) September 13, 2023
The Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart remarked, “Sanatana Dharma is eternal. Nobody can raise any question about its perpetuity. Sanatana Dharma is the national religion of Bharat.” He talked about that the existence and fact of God have additionally been questioned, very like Sanatan Dharma which has been beneath assault since historical instances.
He famous that the nation has been known as Bharat since historical instances and its inhabitants has been referred to as “Hindus” amid a political argument about “Bharat vs. India”. He confused that “Hindu” shouldn’t be a spiritual phrase, however the cultural id of Indians.
“Unfortunately, some people are trying to put the Hindu identity within a narrow ambit. When Muslims from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh go to Mecca for Hajj (holy Muslim pilgrimage) they are addressed as Hindus in Saudi Arabia because it’s not a caste-related word, but a sign of cultural salutation of Bharat.”
He recited two shlokas and highlighted that everyone who resides in Hindustan is known as a Hindu. He emphasised, “Those who are trying to erase these concepts of Puranas and the originality of Bharat are trying to deceive history and the present.”
The chief minister complimented the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and proclaimed, “Britain’s Prime Minister’s forefathers had migrated three generations ago. Rishi Sunak still proudly says he is Hindu which shows the traditions and customs of the heritage they have been following. He is proud to be a Hindu. He has no hesitation in going to the temple, worshipping Gau (cow) Mata, sitting in the presence of saints and saying Jai Shri Ram and Jai Siya Ram because his heritage is linked to the sanskara (values) and roots of the Sanatana Dharma.”
The prime minister of the United Kingdom had conveyed, “I’m a proud Hindu, and that’s how I was raised. That’s how I am,” in an interview in Delhi on 8 September when he got here to take part within the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
The BJP chief noticed, “There are some people who are cursing Sanatana Dharma. Despite living in Bharat, they don’t hesitate to attack the values, principles and ideals of Bharat. It happened in all periods. It’s also not for the first time that some people have denied the existence of God.”
“It is unfortunate that even today many people living in Bharat are humiliating Sanatan Dharma. They do not miss any opportunity to attack Indian values, ideals and principles. Even Ravan had also tried to attack the reality of God but what was the result,” he requested and voiced that highly effective the king was “destroyed by his ego.”
He asserted that Mughal emperor Babar tried to destroy the temple of Lord Ram in Ayodhya, however 500 years later, a terrific temple is being constructed at Ram Janmabhoomi (birthplace).
Derogatory remarks on Sanatan Dharma
Udhayanidhi Stalin, the son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin in contrast Sanatan Dharma to the coronavirus, malaria and dengue and alleged that such issues shouldn’t be opposed however eradicated. Nilgiris MP and deputy normal secretary of DMK, A Raja in contrast leprosy and Sanatan Dharma to 1 different. He served as a minister within the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
The junior Stalin garnered help from the Congress celebration together with son of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge, son of veteran Congressman P Chidambaram and Lok Sabha MP Karti P Chidambaram and Tamil Nadu Congress spokesperson and General Secretary Lakshmi Ramachandran for his outrageous assertion.
Afterwards, one other celebration chief and Minister within the Tamil Nadu cabinet Ok Ponmudy claimed that there isn’t a disagreement within the I.N.D.I.A. bloc with respect to eradicating Sanatan Dharma. He additional added that each one 26 events within the opposition alliance are united to battle Sanatan Dharma and the coalition was fashioned solely for this function.
CM Yogi in Madhya Pradesh
CM Yogi Adityanath landed on the Indore airport about 1 within the afternoon. He then took a helicopter to Ujjain to go to the Mahakal Temple. He spent a while in Raja Bharthari Gufa as properly. He visited Srinath Mandir in South Tukoganj after leaving Rajwada Palace and paid floral respects to Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar on the event of her 228th loss of life anniversary.
The 350th anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s coronation was then commemorated with the launch of a duplicate of his fort at his statue on the Bhopal Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) Corridor by the chief minister. He additionally attended a programme at Ravindra Natya Griha that was organised by Ahilya Utsav Samiti earlier than he left for Lucknow.
