SP chief Swami Prasad Maurya says India may by no means be a Hindu Rashtra

Swami Prasad Maurya, the nationwide common secretary of the Samajwadi Party has landed himself in one other controversy. According to him, India has by no means been a Hindu Rashtra. He acknowledged, “India cannot be a Hindu country now if it has never been one before. The nation’s constitution is built on a secular ideology in which Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians live in harmony and respect one another as brothers.”

He replied to a query concerning the assertion of Dhirendra Krishna Shastri wherein the Peethadhishwar of Bageshwar Dham asserted that India ought to now grow to be a Hindu nation.

He additional remarked that India had grow to be free from slavery after a very long time. “We must exercise caution around those who plot to sever the nation in order for freedom to last for thousands of years. Why can’t anybody else demand Khalistan or talk about partition on the basis of religion tomorrow if someone talks about Hindu Rashtra,” he questioned.

He talked about that he welcomes all people who believes within the Sanatan Dharma and Sanatan Upadesh which had been delivered by Lord Buddha. “I hold fast to Sanatan Dharma. Lord Buddha preached ‘Es Dhammo Sanantano’ (This is Sanatan Dharma. The path of Buddha is the path of Dharma in the true sense.) and the words spoken by him are eternal. Since Lord Buddha is the source of all eternal religions, languages and teachings, I do not object if someone else adopts them.”

He additionally attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party and claimed that whereas the caste census was mentioned and pledges had been made previous to coming to energy, they turned their backs on it whereas in workplace. He termed the caste census as vital for social justice. “Bharatiya Janta Party which violates the rights of dalits backward and deprived people is not conducting the census even after making a promise. Take this issue to every village and only then caste census would take place. This would be a true tribute to B.P. Mandal.”

He was addressing the Dr Lohia-Ambedkar Vichar Manch because the chief visitor on the caste census dialogue seminar on the event of BP Mandal Jayanti Celebrations 2023 at Feroze Gandhi College’s Indira Gandhi Auditorium in Uttar Pradesh on 25 August.

Swami Parasad Maurya’s shut ties with controversies

The politician usually finds himself within the soup owing to his inflammatory and divisive statements. He just lately referred to the Hindu holy web site of Badrinath as a Buddhist shrine whereas reacting to the proposed ASI (Archeological Survey of India) survey of the disputed construction on the Gyanvapi complicated in Varanasi.

He accused the BJP-led centre authorities of inviting solely “Brahmin gurus” for the inauguration of the brand new parliament constructing whereas ignoring different non secular leaders.

He accused that on the one hand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi runs ladies empowerment programmes and on the opposite, the so-called Hindus who worship ladies in the course of the time of Navratri discuss humiliating and tormenting ladies. “Under the garb of Dharma, why do they talk about humiliating, assaulting and torturing the whole Shudra community,” he requested at an occasion in February.

He additionally stirred controversy in January of this yr together with his insulting remarks about Shri Ramcharitmanas which was written by Goswami Tulsidas within the seventeenth century and sought to take away the alleged objectionable verses from the holy scripture. He charged that it promotes social discrimination and spreads hatred in an interview with a information channel.