"Will Ram Navami Rallies Be Taken Out In Pak": Giriraj Singh On Clashes
NDTV
Giriraj Singh also used the terms "people of Jinnah's mentality" and "Owaisi-type people" as he lashed out at criticism of Ram Navami processions, with slogans blaring loudly, taken through Muslim-dominated areas.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh, in a series of provocative statements on the clashes during Ram Navami processions in some states, said such incidents belied talk of "Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb (syncretic culture)" in India.
Giriraj Singh also used the terms "people of Jinnah's mentality" and "Owaisi-type people" as he lashed out at criticism of Ram Navami processions, with slogans blaring loudly, taken through Muslim-dominated areas.
"Where will Ram Navami processions be taken out if not in this country? In Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and other countries? This is injustice," Mr Singh, the Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, questioned.
"In 1947, there was religious partition. After that, (Asaduddin) Owaisi-type people say why go to this lane and that lane. Have they divided it all into Hindu lanes and Muslim lanes? If they want to use this mentality to create divides, then they should listen carefully. Whoever had to go to Pakistan went there. In our country, there is no bar on our religious practices, our rituals."
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