New Delhi: Muslims ought to stick with it with their work fearlessly and never be apprehensive about any untoward incident by the Hindu neighborhood forward of the 22 January Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) working president Alok Kumar has stated.
In an interview with ThePrint, Kumar stated he has full religion within the Hindu neighborhood. “I want to tell my Muslim brothers that I have full faith in my Hindu brothers’ maryada (honour code). Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram ka mandir ban raha hai (It is the supreme man of honour Shri Ram whose temple is being built).”
Three days in the past, All India United Democratic Entrance (AIUDF) president Badruddin Ajmal had throughout a public deal with requested Muslims to keep away from travelling by prepare throughout the Ram temple consecration and requested them to remain house between 20 and 26 January.
Talking at an occasion in Barpeta, Assam, he had stated: “We will have to be cautious. Muslims should not travel by train from January 20 to January 25…During this period, we should not travel by train and should stay at home. BJP is the biggest enemy of the Muslims. BJP is the enemy of our life, our faith, our azaan (call for prayer)…”
In the course of the interview, VHP’s Kumar recounted an incident from the 90s when Mulayam Singh Yadav, then the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, had — within the midst of the Ram temple motion — stated that nobody would be capable of enter Ayodhya, following which all trains terminated at Lucknow and roads have been dug up. “In such a situation, over 1 lakh people travelled 135 km on foot and they could do this because they were charged. They slept in sugarcane fields and in those villages there were so many small mosques but ek bhi masjid ki ek bhi eeth nahi hilayi gayi (not even one brick of any mosque was moved),” stated Kumar.
“If this andolan (agitation) would have been against Muslims then not a single masjid would have been saved. This andolan was not against Muslims but against those structures which were built over our temples so that we remain constantly aware of our defeat and humiliation,” he added.
Elaborating on the consecration ceremony, Kumar stated over 7,000 persons are being invited from all walks of life together with monks, politicians, artists, medical doctors, singers, kar sevaks, amongst others.
On criticism by some non secular leaders that an “incomplete” temple is being inaugurated, Kumar stated that the bottom ground, the place ‘Ram Lalla’ will reside, is totally prepared. “Apart from the invitees, we have also reached out to the general public. We are reaching out to over 10 crore people, asking them to participate in the puja from wherever they are.”
He additional stated: “Aur main kalpana karta hun ki vishwa mei 5 lakh sthano par ekatha hua 7-8 crore ka Hindu samaj jab ek hee samay khada ho kar uss arti mai bhaag lega toh phir ab Hinduwao ki bari hai Bharat ki bari hai ye satya ghoshit ho jayega (When around 7-8 crore members of the Hindu community will participate in the puja from over 5 lakh locations, the truth will be declared — that it is the Hindus’ turn now, it is Bharat’s turn now).”
The VHP working president stated they’ve prolonged an invite to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and “with respect also invited the Leader of Opposition and parliamentary party chairperson of Congress”.
“Presidents of all political parties are being invited. I read Kharge ji’s statement that we will get to know who will attend,” Kumar stated, including that the Opposition “is doing politics” over invites.
On opposition leaders saying that the Ram temple inauguration is being politicised, Kumar stated: “Aisa kaun sa samay hai Bharat mei jab chunaav na ho? (When are elections not happening in India?) Had we done this a year ago, you would have said this has been done for the five assembly elections and now that it is ready we don’t call bhagwaan (god) for five months because there is an election? VHP ke dimaag mei chunaav ka ganit nahi hai (VHP is not keeping election calculations in mind),” he added.
(Edited by Gitanjali Das)
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