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  • Goyal’s remarks on Kerala nuns’ harassment shameful, says Kerala CM

    By PTI
    KASARAGOD: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday dubbed as “shameful” and “utter lie” Union Minister Piyush Goyal’s dismissal as “wrong” the reviews that two nuns and two postulants belonging to a Kerala-based congregation have been attacked throughout a trainjourney in UP not too long ago.

    Vijayan’s response comes a day after the Union Minister had rejected the cost that the nuns and two others have been “attacked” in Jhansi by some Bajrang Dal activists and mentioned the Kerala CM was “making false statements” on the difficulty.

    Responding to the remarks, Vijayan mentioned in keeping with theUnion minister, the nuns weren’t attacked and have been let off after their journey paperwork have been inspected and that the attackers have been ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad) staff was an allegation of the state authorities.

    “They (nuns) hadbeen attacked in a country, where one has all the rights to travel freely, for the sole reason that they were nuns. The action isshameful. He has justified the action of ABVP activists against the Nuns and two others. A union minister is justifying the attack on the nuns, which is evidenceof the RSS agenda being implemented by the Centre,” Vijayan instructed a press convention at Kasaragod.

    Vijayan additionally referred to the assault on members of the minority group within the title of beef.

    “There was a lot of protest across the country against the attack on muslims in the name of beef. Have they changed? No. When they found some nuns, they attacked them.”

    Goyal was justifying the assault, he mentioned including this exhibits that the minorities and people who need democracy on this nation weren’t protected beneath the central rule which is implementing the RSS agenda.

    Vijayan mentioned an try was being made to “cover up” for the culprits.

    Earlier, it was lynching within the title of beef, he mentioned including secular forces will struggle them.

    Kerala will probably be within the forefront.

  • Jhansi nun assault will tarnish picture of spiritual tolerance: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan to Amit Shah

    By Express News Service
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah searching for strict motion in opposition to those that had harassed nuns at Jhansi throughout a practice journey in Uttar Pradesh.

    In a letter to Shah on Wednesday, Pinarayi spoke in regards to the stunning incident the place 4 nuns together with two postulants have been subjected to harassment by Bajrang Dal activists and the Jhansi Police. Amit Shah is presently main the BJP’s election marketing campaign within the state.

    He added that such incidents tarnish the picture of the nation and its historic custom of spiritual tolerance. Such incidents should elicit utmost condemnation by the Union Government, he wrote.

    ALSO READ| BJP Kerala unit seeks inquiry over nuns assault by Bajrang Dal members in Jhansi

    Referring to experiences, the Chief Minister stated that the 2 postulants who had just lately joined the Sacred Hearts Congregation of the Delhi Province have been travelling for the primary time to their houses accompanied by two nuns, and have been harassed and intimidated by round 150 Bajrang Dal activists. 

    “It’s reported that the nuns and postulants were forcefully made to alight from the train by the Jhansi Police in the absence of women police officials. The police also refused to acknowledge their identities, despite the nuns showing them their Aadhar cards, stating that those were fake ID cards. It was only after the matter was taken up with higher officials and after the intervention of the Lucknow IG, that the nuns and postulants were released from the police station around 11 pm,” he identified.

    Pinarayi urged the Union Home Minister to intervene within the matter and direct the authorities involved to take strict motion in opposition to all teams and people who disrupt and impair the liberty of particular person rights assured by the Indian Constitution. 

  • BJP Kerala unit seeks inquiry over nuns assault by Bajrang Dal members in Jhansi

    Express News Service
    NEW DELHI: The BJP’s Kerala unit on Tuesday sought an inquiry into the latest incident in Jhansi by which 4 nuns, together with two postulants, had been attacked by Bajrang Dal members whereas they had been travelling by practice to their houses at Rourkela in Odisha.

    Condemning the incident, Kerala BJP common secretary George Kurian wrote a letter to get together colleague and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath looking for an inquiry into the matter and demanding punishment for the “overzealous individuals”, together with police personnel who harassed the nuns.

    “It is learnt that four nuns belonging to the Sacred Heart Congregation of Delhi Province who were on their way to Odisha from Delhi on train had to face some harrowing time due to the action of some overzealous individuals and police,” Kurian’s letter acknowledged.

    Kurian, who can also be former vice-chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities described the ordeal of the nuns intimately however he didn’t title Bajrang Dal in his letter.  “Although they were bonafide religious people, as they were not indulging in any proselytizing activity, they had to alight at Jhansi for questioning by the police. May I request your good offices to kindly order an inquiry and punish those who are responsible for such harassment of nuns,” mentioned Kurian.

    The postulants, who had joined the Sacred Hearts Congregation of the Delhi Province just lately, had been travelling for the primary time to their houses. The postulants had been accompanied by two nuns of their Order.Bajrang Dal employees, who had boarded the practice from Rishikesh, created a ruckus on the practice after seeing the postulants with nuns of their spiritual habits alleging that they had been being taken for spiritual conversion. Following this, the employees approached the railway police and misinformed the authorities that the nuns had been taking the postulants for forcible spiritual conversion, following which they had been taken into custody.The nuns had been rescued after senior police officers intervened. On Monday, the Syro-Malabar Church of Kerala had additionally condemned the incident and mentioned they suspected this to be a a premeditated assault, contemplating that round 150 Bajrang Dal activists had assembled on the railway station at quick discover.ENDS

  • VHP seeks arrest of man for ‘insulting’ Hindus

    By Express News Service
    JAJPUR:  Activists of Jajpur Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal (BD) met SP Rahul P R at Panikoili on Friday demanding the arrest of a person for making anti-Hindu posts on social media platforms. 

    The outfits submitted a memorandum making allegations in opposition to Manoranjan Jena of Badachana for posting obscene and derogatory remarks about Hindu gods and goddesses, group and sophistication on his social media accounts, with an intention to ‘hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus’.

    The incident led to a public protest within the space, prompting the activists to lodge a grievance with Badachana police on Tuesday. “Even after three days of filing the complaint, Jena has not been arrested. This compelled us to meet the SP to demand immediate action against the perpetrator,” stated Kalpataru Panda, a VHP activist, including that they’ve obtained his assurance on the identical.