Bihar minister Chandra Shekhar Yadav calls Prophet Muhammad ‘Maryada Purushottam’

Bihar Education Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Chandra Shekhar Yadav sparked controversy within the state by referring to ‘Prophet Muhammad’ as Maryada Purushottam. This assertion by Chandrashekhar has drawn criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party with the opposition social gathering calling it appeasement politics. The video of Chandra Shekhar Yadav’s controversial remarks surfaced on Saturday, ninth September 2023. The incident occurred on Thursday, seventh September 2023. Generally, the phrase ‘Maryada Purushottam’ is used to confer with Lord Rama.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA and Education Minister Chandra Shekhar was talking at an occasion organised on Janmashtami at Hilsa in Bihar’s Nalanda district. In his speech, he mentioned, “When satanism increased in the world, faith was lost, dishonesty and satan took over, then in the region of Central Asia, the God created Maryada Purushottam Prophet, Muhammad Sahib. To bring faith, Islam came for the believers. Islam came against dishonesty and satanism. Even if the dishonest call themselves Muslims, then God does not allow it.”

“मोहम्मद साहब मर्यादा पुरुषोत्तम थे”

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly criticised the assertion made by the minister. Danish Iqbal, the media in control of Bihar BJP, mentioned that Chandrashekhar Yadav’s assertion represents the epitome of appeasement. He mentioned, “The education minister had earlier made a condemnable statement about a religious book. Now this statement is also going to divide society. This has been the tradition of RJD. This party has done politics of religion by dividing the society in a similar manner.”

Danish Iqbal additionally mentioned, “The Education Minister has made such a statement to appease the vote bank of a religion. He should not make such statements. All religions give the message of peace. BJP respects all religions. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should take action against such an education minister.”

BJP spokesperson Arvind Singh mentioned, “RJD does not belong to Hindus or Muslims. This party has become a slave of one family. These people sometimes talk about Hindus, sometimes Muslims, sometimes Ramayana and sometimes Muhammad. All they do is to get votes by making people fight on the basis of religion and caste. It is very condemnable.”

Previously, Chandra Shekhar Yadav made headlines for his assertion on Ramcharitmanas. His remarks sparked robust criticism on the time. On eleventh January 2023, Chandra Shekhar referred to a couplet of Ramcharitmanas and mentioned that it’s a e book spreading hatred in society. The couplet was – अधम जाति में विद्या पाए, भयहु यथा अहि दूध पिलाए. He asserted that the time period “Adham” within the couplet denoted these of decrease standing, which he linked to caste. He implied that the couplet instructed that people from decrease castes, together with Dalits, backward courses, and ladies, weren’t entitled to training.

He claimed that the verse within the Ramcharitmanas means ‘Lower caste people become poisonous after getting an education like snake becomes after drinking milk’. This is an typically intentionally misinterpreted translation of the verse as a result of the phrase toxic doesn’t seem within the verse as claimed. It signifies that similar to the snake feels pleased after consuming milk, the speaker – who’s referring to himself as Adham Jati – additionally feels pleased after getting an training.

In one other assertion made on 28 February 2023, Chandra Shekhar Yadav mentioned, “I stand by my old statement. Whatever garbage is there in Ramcharitmanas, should be cleaned. Till now, just a few couplets have been questioned. But there are dozens of couplets that need to be changed. I am not going to remain silent on Ramcharitmanas. There are many such couplets in this, which I will continue to question.”