Ramcharitmanas was written in a mosque: RJD MLA Ritlal Yadav

Ritlal Yadav, a member of the Bihar legislative meeting from Rashtriya Janata Dal has issued a controversial assertion concerning the Ramcharitmanas. He said that the holy textual content was written in a mosque. He additionally accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of making a rift in society within the identify of Hindutva.

“You are attempting to incite hostility among the communities. How much longer will this last? Ram Temple was formerly discussed. If you remember, the Ramcharitmanas was penned in a mosque. Look into the past. No threat existed to our Hindutva at that time. Our Hindutva wasn’t in danger back when the Mughals ruled over us for such a long duration,” he requested.

The legislator charged, “Where were they when an 18-year-old girl won the Bhagavad Katha contest globally? Why were they not speaking up that a Muslim girl promoted Bhagavad Katha as well as absorbed it? People should also learn from it. If you are a true flag bearer of Hindutva then expel all the Muslims from your party. Why did you introduce the triple talaq bill?”

‘रामचरितमानस मस्जिद में बैठकर लिखा गया था’: RJD विधायक

राजद विधायक रीतलाल यादव ने मानस ग्रंथ पर विवादित बयान दिया है और कहा है कि रामचरितमानस मस्जिद में बैठकर लिखा गया था, तब तो हिंदुत्व खतरे में नहीं था? यादव यहीं नहीं रुके, और आगे कहा कि अगर इतना ही हिंदुत्व का सहभागी बनना है… pic.twitter.com/0G7kVYAJ5K

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Ritlal Yadav has come beneath criticism from Janata Dal (United), the ruling alliance associate of RJD in Bihar. Abhishek Jha, a celebration’s spokesperson, talked about folks communicate based on their comfort. “These types of claims need to be avoided because this sends the wrong message to the public. Anyone is free to practise any religion. This a personal matter of the people. This kind of agenda suits the BJP. They create tension in the name of religion.”

A BJP spokesman, Prem Ranjan Patel additionally refuted Ritlal Yadav’s argument and identified that Sanatan Dharma is the oldest faith on the planet. “People from all over the world have embraced its culture. It is ignorant to speak against such a religion. Those who use Ramcharitmanas in their speech must be knowledgeable. Collect the right information first before discussing Ramayana’s formation.”

Notably, there was a rain of comparable utterances from a number of politicians within the nation. The training minister of Bihar, Chandra Shekhar, who can also be from the RJD, just lately stoked outrage when he remarked that Ramcharitmanas spreads hate within the society. He declared that it ought to be burnt like Manusmruti as a result of it spreads hatred in society. 

“A nation becomes great with love and affection. Books like Ramcharitmanas, Manusmriti and Madhav Sadashivrao Golwalkar’s Bunch of Thoughts sowed the seeds of hatred and social divide. This is the reason why people burnt Manusmriti and took exception to a portion of Ramcharitmanas, which talks against education for Dalits, backwards and women,” he voiced whereas addressing the fifteenth convocation ceremony of Nalanda Open University.

A member of a State Legislative Council (MLC) from the Samajwadi Party, Swami Prasad Maurya triggered a serious uproar when he alleged that a number of crores of individuals haven’t learn Ramcharitmanas. The revered Hindu literature, he commented, was “all nonsense.” He demanded that the federal government both ban the whole e book or outlaw its offensive sections. He claimed that the scripture thought-about ‘Shudras’ to be of low caste and added that Tulsidas composed it for his personal pleasure.

Afterwards, members of the Akhil Bharatiya OBC (Other Backward Classes) Mahasabha in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, burned copies of the Ramcharitmanas and declared their help for Swami Prasad Maurya. Following the incident, a First Information Report (FIR) was booked on a criticism filed by BJP chief Satnam Singh Lavi towards Devendra Pratap Yadav, Yashpal Singh Lodhi, Satyendra Kushwaha, Mahendra Pratap Yadav, Sujit Yadav, Naresh Singh, S S Yadav, Santosh Verma and Saleem together with the SP lawmaker.

Another celebration chief Lalji Patel prolonged his help to the MLC and introduced, “Ramcharitmanas is not a religious book. It is a book that creates a divide in society and insults backward caste people and Dalits. It should be burnt.” Additionally, he made an enchantment to members of the backward class and inspired them to burn copies of the Ramcharitmanas through the competition of Holi.

“This book is like any other novel and it is being wrongly used to propagate the Hindu religion. Tulsidas has just stated his opinion. He had written the book for his own pleasure. It is not a religious book. The copies of the said book should be burnt on the day of Holika. Only then will the backward class people and Dalits get their rights,” he added.