New Delhi, December 25: Members of Hindutva organization Bajrang Dal disrupted a Friday namaz at an open ground in Gurgaon city of the Indian state of Hryana.
The Bajrang Dal members disrupted the Juma prayers at an open ground in Gurgaon’s sector 69 on Friday by raising Hindu religious slogans. They forced the Muslims to stop prayers and leave the place.
“This is not Udaipur; this is Gurgaon,” Amit Hindu, a Bajrang Dal member, is heard saying in one of the videos making rounds on social media. “It does not matter whether they have permission to pray at six locations or not. We will not allow namaz to take place in the open. We will scale up the protests if prayers continue in the coming weeks,” he said.
“The CM has clearly said that namaz will not happen in open spaces,” Praveen Saini alias Praveen Hindustani, district coordinator of the Bajrang Dal, told reporters. Last year, Haryana Chief Minister and BJP leader, Manohar Lal Khattar, said that offering namaz in the open “will not be tolerated.”
Christians assaulted in Chhattisgarh, asked to renounce their faith
Bastar (Chhattisgarh), December 25 : Members of the Christian community in Bastar district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh are being attacked, forced to flee their villages, and being asked to renounce their religion, Christian activists have said.
A Christian activist and lawyer, Pradeep Singh, said that attacks on Christians are happening because of their religion. “Villagers are telling Christians that their culture is flawed as they believe in a foreign religion. Their god and goddesses are foreigners. Therefore, Christians are being persecuted and forced to flee their houses,” he said.
Pradeep Singh said the Christians are not even allowed to take their clothes and told categorically that they can’t come back to the village until they renounce their religion. Dozens of people from the Christian community of Narayanpur district in Chattisgarh’s tribal region have taken refuge in a stadium and some churches after villagers started attacking them last week.
The victims staged a sit-in protest at the Narayanpur collectorate demanding action against the attackers. They have also submitted a memorandum to the district magistrate claiming that 60 Christian families were targeted.
Inspector General of Police Bastar, P. Sunderraj said the police are taking steps to resolve the issue and ensure peace.
However, Pradeep Singh said that villagers are in large numbers, therefore, the police are asking the Christians to renounce their religion so that they could maintain peace in the area.
“Officials are putting pressure on Christians to renounce Christianity and come back to the Aadivasi fold. They tried to convince the villagers to abstain from what they were doing but they refused. Hence, the police asked the Christians to renounce their religion,” he said. However, Christians are saying that they have a constitutional right to practice any religion. But the police are not ensuring safety for the thousands of victims, who are taking refuge wherever they are getting, said Pradeep.
Earlier in Raipur, a delegation of the Chhattisgarh Christian Forum submitted a memorandum to Governor Anusuiya Uikey, demanding immediate relief to the victims of violence. They also sought a high-level committee to probe the attacks and immediate action in all cases registered so far. It lists 17 specific incidents of violence against Christians in the region.
Hindutva outfit send threatening letters to schools on Christmas in MP
Bhopal, December 25: The Hindutva Vishwa Hindu Parishad's (VHP) has threatened the school principals not to make Hindu children Santa Claus during the Christmas celebrations in Indian state Madhya Pradesh (MP).
in threat letters, which were written to all school principals in Bhopal city, said students are being made Santa Claus in the Christmas celebrations in schools and they are also being asked to bring Christmas trees. "This is an attack on our Hindu culture, it is a conspiracy to inspire Hindu children to Christianity," VHP's threatening letter read.
"Our Hindu children should become Ram, become Krishna, become Buddha, Gautam, become Mahavir, become Guru Gobind Singh, all these should become, become revolutionary, and become great men, but should not become Santa," it added.
It has also warned that if students were made Santa Claus without the permission of the parents, the VHP will take statutory legal action against that school.