West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar sparked major controversy after explicitly urging Hindus to hoard weapons.
Stepping up its attack on TMC government in West Bengal over the recent violence in Murshidabad, the BJP on Sunday said this is a “state encouraged” targeted violence against the Hindus.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday raised serious concerns over rising violence in the name of Waqf properties.
On the occasion of Ram Navami on Sunday, devotees were seen lining up in front of temples in Delhi, including the iconic Jhandewalan temple, in large numbers.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said India is closely monitoring atrocities against the Hindus and other minorities in Pakistan and also raising the issue at the international level.
“If the Hindus wanted, then they could have called themselves part of a Hindu republic. But they chose to be secular since they had the lessons of Hindu scriptures and saints. Hindus do not need the lessons of secularism from anyone,” said Biswa Sarma.
Mahant Ravindra Puri, President of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad and the driving force behind the success of the Mahaukumbh, had a long telephonic conversation with “The Statesman” correspondent Manoj Bhadra on different aspects of the Mahakumbh through the perspectives of the saints and sadhus of the 13 Akharas.
Asserting that Hindus and Buddhists are the branches of the same banyan tree, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday that if the two come together on a common platform, they would form the strongest banyan tree in the world, providing protection and unity to all.
Sri Ramakrishna commissioned his spouse Sri Sarada Devi to carry his spiritual legacy forward. He was the prophet of the new age. He first realized and then offered a religion suited to the modern world.
Mr Singh also told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that 112 cases of violence against minorities were reported in Pakistan.
