Amidst the controversy over Hanuman Chalisa, Union Minister of State Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said on Monday that Uddhav Thackeray should have welcomed MP Navneet Rana to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister’s residence and should have arranged it.
The Minister of State for Rural Development, who was in Lucknow to chair a major meeting of the Food Corporation of India, told News18, “Whatever is happening in Maharashtra is unfortunate. I still remember that Balasaheb Thackeray was a staunch Hindutvawadi… Navneet Rana was not a rioter; He is a respected MP. It would have been better on the part of Uddhav Thackeray that the stage would have been set for the recitation of Hanuman Chalisa. It was just a lesson, she was not going to bring the building down. Unfortunately, in Maharashtra, saints are beaten up and now the recitation of Hanuman Chalisa is creating problems for them. ,
The BJP MP from Hamirpur also asked whether reciting Hanuman Chalisa was sedition. “It would have been a matter of pride for Uddhav Thackeray if Navneet Rana was given a warm welcome to recite Hanuman Chalisa,” he said.
Rana and her husband Ravi were arrested on Saturday night after they announced that they would recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Thackeray’s house, leading to protests.
On the issue of NCP leader seeking permission to offer Namaz in front of PM Modi’s residence, the Union Minister said, ‘Such politics is not good, it should end. We can read Hanuman Chalisa anywhere but Namaz is read at a holy place like Masjid.
Meanwhile, he hit out at Akhilesh Yadav over his growing rift with his uncle Shivpal Yadav after meeting jailed MLA Azam Khan amid discontent within the Samajwadi Party. “Where is the Samajwadi Party left now? His family members are also leaving now. Aparna is gone, Shivpal is also sad, no longer Samajwadi Party, but now its Akhileshwadi Party. Whatever Akhilesh wants, will be in that party…”
On the question of alleged atrocities on Azam Khan, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said, “It is his internal matter, if the voice of dissent is being raised from within his own party then what can the BJP do in it? When you manage your family and the party.” If you can’t, you shouldn’t blame it on others.”
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