New Delhi:
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has been criticised by a outstanding religious chief over his latest comment towards raking up temple-mosque disputes. “Mohan Bhagwat doesn’t perceive the plight of Hindus,” mentioned Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Wednesday.
“A number of Hindu temples are being demolished. That is the reality. He’s not feeling the ache of Hindus. It’s clear from his assertion. He doesn’t really perceive the plight of Hindus,” he mentioned.
The RSS chief had on December 19 expressed concern over the resurgence of a number of temple-mosque disputes and asserted that sure people, after the development of Ayodhya’s Ram temple, appear to imagine they will turn into “leaders of Hindus” by raking up such points.
“Mohan Bhagwat has claimed that some folks elevate these points to turn into leaders, however I need to make clear that bizarre Hindus don’t aspire to turn into leaders,” Swami Avimukteshwaranand mentioned.
Mr Bhagwat, delivering a lecture in Pune on ‘India-The Vishwaguru,’ at Sahjeevan Vyakhyanmala (lecture collection), advocated for an “inclusive society.”
“Raking up new points every single day for disdain and enmity shouldn’t be executed. What’s the answer right here? We should always present the world that we will reside in concord, so we must always have a bit of experiment in our nation,” he had mentioned.
His feedback additionally sparked a political controversy with Samajwadi Social gathering chief Akhilesh Yadav saying that the RSS chief should make his attraction for “concord” to the BJP. “If he even makes a name to the chief minister (Yogi Adityanath), then there will probably be no survey and no such controversy,” Mr Yadav mentioned.
Congress basic secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh slammed Mr Bhagwat’s assertion and termed it as “double requirements”.
Uttar Pradesh has witnessed a number of litigations filed in varied courts associated to temple-mosque disputes from Sambhal’s Shahi Jama to Budaun’s Jama Masjid Shamsi, Atala Masjid in Jaunpur and Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, the place Hindu petitioners have sought permission to supply prayers, claiming that historical temples existed on the websites the place the mosques now stand.
Not too long ago, clashes between protestors and police over the court-ordered survey of the Jama Masjid in Sambhal resulted in 5 deaths in November. Dozens have been injured within the violence that additionally triggered an enormous political row. The difficulty additionally reached the Supreme Court docket, which halted survey motion and directed the mosque’s administration committee to strategy the Allahabad Excessive Court docket.