September 20, 2024

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One temple was razed in Pakistan however 140 of them have been vandalised in Andhra and numerous deities have been defaced

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The information of the Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordering the reconstruction of a vandalised Hindu temple within the nation’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is being hailed by many as an admirable step taken by the nation’s highest courtroom to guard the spiritual freedom of minorities. Parallelly, India is being derided for being an illiberal and exclusivist nation, the place minority rights, spiritual ones significantly, are being thrown down the drain. However, little is it identified that in an Indian state known as Andhra Pradesh dominated by a Christian, allegedly near 140 Hindu temples have been vandalised and attacked in lower than two years.In Andhra Pradesh, whose Chief Minister is YSR Jagan Mohan Reddy – a religious Christian, brazen assaults on Hindu temples complemented with the desecration of idols has turn out to be a daily affair. While in Pakistan, a minimum of some motion has been taken in opposition to the perpetrators of such violence not too long ago, in Andhra Pradesh, miscreants and vested curiosity teams have solely been emboldened by the federal government’s inaction to tame them, leading to common temple vandalisms being witnessed.On Sunday, the idol of Goddess Sita was discovered vandalised close to Pandit Nehru bus cease within the Sitaram Temple in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. This got here within the backdrop of the idols of Lord Subrahmanya and Shri Ram being desecrated and broken within the state not too long ago. The Shri Ram idol vandalised at Ramatheertham temple by Hindu-haters was 400-years-old. Many different related incidents have occurred in the previous few weeks. A Nandi idol was destroyed, an previous heritage chariot parked at historical Antarvedi Lakshmi Narasimha Temple was discovered burnt, and Subrahmanya Swamy’s idol in Lord Vigneshwara temple of Rajahmundry district destroyed– all inside the previous few weeks.Thread Despite y’day drama by @YSRCParty & @JaiTDP Netasattacks on temples proceed.After #LordRamaidol, 40yr previous Maa Sita Devi idol vandalised in Vijayawada as we speak.Size/sort/age of idol is immaterial.But why is it occurring solely with Hindus?#SaveTemplesInAndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/nAZUvPjQaY— Sunil Deodhar (@Sunil_Deodhar) January 3, 2021Unlike what occurred not too long ago in Pakistan, any motion in opposition to such Hindu-hating vandals in Andhra Pradesh is invisible. Infested with Christian missionaries who benefit from the direct patronage of the Chief Minister, it could not take a genius guess to determine who’s behind such assaults, and why motion in opposition to such parts shouldn’t be instantly taken. The opposition in Andhra Pradesh, in the meantime, has upped the ante in opposition to the YSRCP authorities. Former Chief Minister and TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu, whereas calling Jagan Mohan Reddy a ‘Christian Chief Minister’, requested, “Why did the ruling YSRCP fail to take immediate action in the Ramatheertham desecration incident?”Read extra: Hindus of Andhra stand up in opposition to Jagan Mohan Reddy in whose reign Hindu temples are being vandalised recurrentlyNaidu added, “Jagan Reddy is a Christian Chief Minister. I am not finding fault in that. He has his own beliefs. I believe in Venkateswara Swamy. But such attacks should not be allowed on other religions. Jagan has no right to continue as the Chief Minister even for a minute as he has failed to prevent these attacks.”On Tuesday, Chandrababu Naidu additional knowledgeable that one other incident of desecration befell at Singarayakonda in Prakasam district. The Swamivari idol at Varaha Narasimha Swamy Temple was additionally disfigured, the previous CM knowledgeable. Needless to say, vandalism of Hindu temples appears to have turn out to be a every day affair in Andhra Pradesh.The BJP, in the meantime, had its National Secretary for Andhra Pradesh, Sunil Deodhar say, “Enough is enough. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy shouldn’t your silence and inaction be considered as hidden support to the miscreants? Are you taking Hindu sentiments for a ride? Ironically, all Hindu leaders of YCP too are silent. Aren’t they aware that people won’t spare them?”It’s responsibility of the ruler to forestall such incidents & keep regulation & order.@ysjagan ji, don’t you understand Ravana misplaced every thing after Maa Sita Devi’s abduction?I urge CM AP to take corrective measures demanded by @somuveerraju else be able to face the results.#SpeakUpJagan pic.twitter.com/P6pQl8l86q— Sunil Deodhar (@Sunil_Deodhar) January 3, 2021Even as Pakistan’s Supreme Court pulls up authorities and police officers for not stopping the razing and burning of a Hindu temple, in India’s Andhra Pradesh, the YSRCP authorities couldn’t care much less. In reality, the Andhra Chief Minister has already indicated that no matter motion can be taken in opposition to such miscreants within the state can be by God, successfully saying that his administration would do nothing to punish the culprits. This is regardless of Hindus being in majority in Andhra Pradesh, versus being a minuscule minority in Pakistan.