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Bombay High Court to BJP Chaddis: "Is India for Hindus only?"
by Guest Wed Apr 06, 2016 6:21 pm
Nagpur: Expressing anguish over the move to recite the ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ at an AIDS awareness programme, the Bombay high court has asked the BJP-ruled Nagpur Municipal Corporation if, according to it, “India is for Hindus only”.
The Nagpur bench of the court, while hearing a PIL on April 5, expressed strong reservations over the plan to recite ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ at an AIDS awareness event that it is organising in association with the Poddareshwar Ram Mandir Trust.
The event is planned at Kasturchand Park ground here on April 7.
“Why only recital of the Hanuman Chalisa and why not from the Quran, the Bible or other religious literature? What is the nexus of AIDS awareness and Hanuman Chalisa recital? Is it only Hindus who contract AIDS? Is chanting of Hanuman Chalisa the only remedy for eradication of this deadly disease?” the division bench of justices Bhushan Gavai and Swapna Joshi said.
“If people can come for this event, they will also come for recitation of Quran and Bible,” they observed....
“We dispose the PIL after accepting the statements of the NMC and Tiwari, that they would totally disassociate with the Hanuman Chalisa recital and only hold an AIDS programme,” the court said.
The judges said that they were not against any religious programme, but only concerned with government agencies associating with it.
http://thewire.in/2016/04/06/irked-by-hanuman-chalisa-for-aids-high-court-asks-nagpur-civic-bosy-is-india-for-hindus-only-27912/
The Nagpur bench of the court, while hearing a PIL on April 5, expressed strong reservations over the plan to recite ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ at an AIDS awareness event that it is organising in association with the Poddareshwar Ram Mandir Trust.
The event is planned at Kasturchand Park ground here on April 7.
“Why only recital of the Hanuman Chalisa and why not from the Quran, the Bible or other religious literature? What is the nexus of AIDS awareness and Hanuman Chalisa recital? Is it only Hindus who contract AIDS? Is chanting of Hanuman Chalisa the only remedy for eradication of this deadly disease?” the division bench of justices Bhushan Gavai and Swapna Joshi said.
“If people can come for this event, they will also come for recitation of Quran and Bible,” they observed....
“We dispose the PIL after accepting the statements of the NMC and Tiwari, that they would totally disassociate with the Hanuman Chalisa recital and only hold an AIDS programme,” the court said.
The judges said that they were not against any religious programme, but only concerned with government agencies associating with it.
http://thewire.in/2016/04/06/irked-by-hanuman-chalisa-for-aids-high-court-asks-nagpur-civic-bosy-is-india-for-hindus-only-27912/
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