The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Bihar chief, Jagdanand Singh, was denounced by the Bharatiya Janata Party on 8 September for his inflammatory assertion that those that utilized ‘tika/tilak’ (a Hindu spiritual signal) to their foreheads triggered the nation to develop into a slave and that such people are actually trying to do the identical.
He was addressing some occasion staff at RJD headquarters in Patna on 7 September the place he alleged, “Religion is a thing of faith, and if it is implemented as a principle, crores of people living in India will go the opposite way. Ask them (Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) who made India a slave. Those who put Tika on the forehead made India a slave. They are making efforts again to make India a slave country.”
The chief additional claimed, “Demolishing mosques or constructing temples would not benefit anyone. The country would not go on if we divide between Hindus and Muslims.”
BJP leaders slammed him and conveyed that he was splitting the nation alongside caste and neighborhood traces. “Does he even know the history of India,” requested former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. He accused, “Neither does he know anything, nor does he want to read anything. He should read Dr Ram Manohar Lohia to understand how he has described Lord Ram, Krishna and Mahadev.”
The veteran chief who additionally hails from Bihar charged Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi of “maintaining silence” over the contentious feedback concerning the Hindu religion made by a few of her occasion’s officers and Tamil Nadu ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
“Has a decision been taken to degrade Hindus at the recent Opposition meeting,” he questioned whereas speaking to the reporters on the occasion headquarters in Patna.
Arvind Kumar Singh, BJP chief and spokesperson talked about, “Lalu Prasad Yadav was recently seen in a video while cooking mutton along with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the auspicious month of Sawan. It is a matter of investigation about what kind of meat he had cooked. People of the country need to be alert to such leaders.”
Nikhil Anand, the nationwide basic secretary of BJP Other Backward Class (OBC) Morcha proclaimed, “Jagadanand Singh is a leader who does not believe in Lord Krishna or Lord Rama. Hence, we do not expect much from him.”
He added, “He is objecting to the Ram temple in Ayodhya and supports the statement of Udhayanidhi Stalin. He is making statements against Hindus and Sanatan Dharma. Anyone can understand his mindset. These statements he makes are only to please his bosses in the party.”
However, the state leaders of the Left and Congress events, that are allies with the Mahagathbandhan declined to answer the RJD stalwart’s remarks. A senior Congress occasion chief within the state, who requested to stay nameless, voiced, “Though, it was having religious connotation and leaders of his stature must stay away from making such comments.”
Udhayanidhi Stalin’s derogatory feedback on Sanatan Dharma
DMK youth wing chief and Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin equated Sanatan Dharma with illnesses and known as out for its full eradication. “Mosquitoes, dengue, flu, malaria, corona, we should not oppose these things. They’ve to be eradicated. The same is the case with Sanatan,” he acknowledged whereas addressing the ‘Eradicate Sanatan Conference.’
When the controversy escalated, he asserted that he would stand by each phrase he uttered regarding the faith and additional urged for uprooting it fully. “Uprooting Sanatan Dharma is upholding humanity and human equality. I spoke on behalf of the oppressed & marginalised, who suffer from the Sanatan Dharma. I spoke on behalf of the oppressed & marginalized, who suffer from the Sanatan Dharma.”
Meanwhile, he garnered help from the Congress occasion together with the 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.
The occasion uncovered extra of his anti-Hindu bigotry when Nilgiris MP A Raja, on 6 September asserted that Udayanidhi Stalin had been too lenient and that Sanatan Dharma needs to be in contrast to HIV and social stigmas. He alleged, “Sanatan Dharma should be compared to diseases with social stigma like HIV and leprosy.”
Another DMK chief and spokesperson Constantine Ravindran spewed extra venom on Hinduism and claimed, “No one is educated in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar because of Sanatana Dharma. They are brainless. They don’t have rational thinking about life.”
