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Gujarat: BJP ministers attend event for exorcists
by Guest Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:58 pm
AHMEDABAD:
Two Gujarat cabinet ministers waded into a controversy after they were seen in a video attending an event to felicitate exorcists in Gujarat's Botad district.
The event was held on Saturday and the issue came the fore on Sunday after a video of the event went viral on social media.
As per the invitation card, the event was organised by the local BJP unit at a temple in Gadhada town of Botad district on Saturday.
In the video, Gujarat Education and Revenue Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama along with local MLA and state Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Atmaram Parmar can be seen on the the dais watching a couple of exorcists beating themselves with metal chains on live music near the stage.
Later, around 100 exorcists can be seen shaking hands with the ministers on the stage as part of their felicitation. Taking a strong exception to the ministers' presence at the event, prominent rationalist Jayant Pandya said he would write to the chief minister Vijay Rupani to stop ministers from attending events that promote superstition. "This is for the first time I have seen ministers attending such an event, where exorcists were felicitated. This is very shameful. I will write to the CM to stop government functionaries from attending such programs which spread superstition" said Mr Pandya, who heads the NGO 'Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha'.
However, unfazed by the controversy, Mr Chudasama on Sunday said that those present on the occasion were "worshipers of divine power".
"I attended the programme because it was a gathering of worshipers of divine power, not those who spread superstition," he said in his defence when asked by reporters.
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-gujarat-ministers-at-event-honouring-exorcists-shake-hands-with-them-1710860?pfrom=home-lateststories
Two Gujarat cabinet ministers waded into a controversy after they were seen in a video attending an event to felicitate exorcists in Gujarat's Botad district.
The event was held on Saturday and the issue came the fore on Sunday after a video of the event went viral on social media.
As per the invitation card, the event was organised by the local BJP unit at a temple in Gadhada town of Botad district on Saturday.
In the video, Gujarat Education and Revenue Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama along with local MLA and state Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Atmaram Parmar can be seen on the the dais watching a couple of exorcists beating themselves with metal chains on live music near the stage.
Later, around 100 exorcists can be seen shaking hands with the ministers on the stage as part of their felicitation. Taking a strong exception to the ministers' presence at the event, prominent rationalist Jayant Pandya said he would write to the chief minister Vijay Rupani to stop ministers from attending events that promote superstition. "This is for the first time I have seen ministers attending such an event, where exorcists were felicitated. This is very shameful. I will write to the CM to stop government functionaries from attending such programs which spread superstition" said Mr Pandya, who heads the NGO 'Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha'.
However, unfazed by the controversy, Mr Chudasama on Sunday said that those present on the occasion were "worshipers of divine power".
"I attended the programme because it was a gathering of worshipers of divine power, not those who spread superstition," he said in his defence when asked by reporters.
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-gujarat-ministers-at-event-honouring-exorcists-shake-hands-with-them-1710860?pfrom=home-lateststories
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