September 22, 2024

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Not a cry of the right-wing fringe? Now Metro Man E Sreedharan says Love Jihad is a matter and should be combatted

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E Sreedharan, popularly also referred to as the ‘Metro Man of India’ is likely one of the most formidable engineers of the nation. The 80-year-old is slated to hitch electoral politics on Sunday and contest the upcoming Kerala meeting polls on a BJP ticket. By his personal admission, E Sreedharan goals at putting in the BJP in energy within the southern state. A day previous to his induction into the saffron occasion, the veteran engineer has mentioned that the menace of affection jihad is actual and that he personally can’t ignore the identical.Coming from a person of science, who has had a distinguished profession of spearheading the Delhi metro and Konkan Railway tasks, such assertions have put left-liberals in an uncomfortable spot. Speaking to NDTV, Sreedharan mentioned, “Love jihad, yes, I see what’s happened in Kerala. How Hindus are being tricked in a marriage and how they suffer…not only Hindus, Muslims, the Christian girls are being tricked in a marriage. Now that sort of a thing I certainly will oppose.”On the difficulty of beef consumption in Kerala, a lot to the dismay of liberals, Sreedharan mentioned, “Personally, I am a very very strict vegetarian. I don’t even eat eggs so, certainly I don’t like anybody eating meat. That is certain…”. For the longest time, the left-liberal cabal has been hounding those that dare to talk out towards the menace of affection jihad, by tagging them as communal bigots who can’t stand the sight of relationships between Hindu girls and Islamist males.Particularly after states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh brought-in legal guidelines to criminalise love jihad and compelled conversions, with a number of different BJP-ruled states following go well with, liberals have been up in arms towards the saffron occasion and its supporters for ‘interfering’ within the private decisions of ‘couples’. However, E Sreedharan’s remarks show that there’s completely nothing ‘personal’ or ‘consensual’ in such relationships and that Hindu girls are nearly at all times made victims of such relations.Read extra: Law towards Love Jihad is completely constitutional, and it can’t be stopped by opposition leadersFor fairly a while now, the left-liberal ecosystem has been making an attempt to painting love jihad as a figment of the creativeness of ‘Hindu fringe and fanatics.’ E Sreedharan will not be a fanatic by any stretch of the thoughts. Yet, his remarks towards the menace of affection jihad are being discounted by a piece of the media.The metro man has made it clear that his purpose is to carry the BJP to energy in Kerala. Calling the present Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan a ‘dictator’, Sreedharan mentioned, “The chief minister cannot be given even three out of 10 marks. No minister is free to do anything. Ministers often have to change what they say.”Sreedharan mentioned he was desirous about contesting the polls within the constituencies of Palakkad and Malappuram districts and needed to be part of the federal government. The engineer additionally made it clear that he was open to changing into the Chief Minister of Kerala.