Jammu, Jan 13: Taking strong exception of those insulting priests or religious scriptures, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) J&K Executive Member Raman Suri Friday said that such people must mind their languages.
Referring to the Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar’s statement about “Ramcharitmanas” and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statement about “Tapasvis” amd “Pujaris”, Suri said the statements reflect the poor and divisive mindset of politicians who intend to keep the society segregated for their vote bank politics.
He said, those insulting gods, priests or scriptures can’t just have a free run in this country and police must take action against them as per the law of the land. “They can’t just get away with by issuing such statements that have hurt the sentiments of people across the length and breadth of India”.
Suri said the Congress leader’s remarks reflect his ignorance about India’s history, culture and religion. He said, Rahul Gandhi must know how much priests are revered in India and how he and his entire family have been getting their home rituals performed by Pujaris (Priests).
“Rahul Gandhi must study Hinduism, learn India’s cultural legacy and stop insulting our priests, who have been performing rituals for every single family since ages and making people learn the ways of Hinduism”.
Taking Bihar minister Chandrashekhar and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi head on, Raman Suri said that these leaders are politically bankrupt and just can’t see how priests or scriptures have been educating generations and guiding them to live a disciplined life, love their country, worship mother Earth, pray before deities and Gods respectfully besides perform rituals on all occasions to scare away evils.
He asserted that politicians issuing vague statements must stop hurting Hindus’ sentiments or abusing them for vote bank politics. Such statements, he added, are unacceptable and must not be issued in the future and these leaders must also apologise.
