Bandh at Basar over Atheists’ remarks on Hindu Goddess
Basar/Hyderabad, Jan 3 (Maxim News): The BJP and other Hindutva organizations have targeted the ruling BRS party headed by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for allowing atheists to spread the anti-Hindu sentiment among the people by encouraging Atheists’ to hold meetings in villages under the garb of Ambedkar Organisation.
A shutdown has been observed today in the Basar town of Nirmal district in Telangana over alleged derogatory remarks made by atheist Renjarla Rajesh against Hindu Goddess mass Saraswati. They were demanding the arrest of Renjerla Rajesh, a leader of Bharatha Nasthika Sangham, and protesters were staging a sit-in on the road near the Gnana Saraswati Temple. Priests and temple workers also joined the protest near the temple’s main gate. The villagers and traders were also staging rasta roko on the Nizamabad-Bhainsa highway. The protest led to a traffic jam. raising slogans, the protesters were demanding Rajesh’s arrest.
Shops, business establishments, and educational institutions were closed in response to the bandh call given by some Hindu organizations. They demanded that the police invoke the Preventive Detention (PD) Act and arrest Rajesh.
It may be recalled that Vikarabad district police had last week arrested state president of Atheist Society Bairi Naresh and another functionary dolu Hanumanthu for allegedly making derogatory comments against Hindu Gods, mainly Ayyappa Swamy. Naresh made the comments at Kodangal on December 19 and a video clip of his speech went viral on social media three days ago. This sparked state-wide protests of Ayyappa devotees, who demanded the immediate arrest of Naresh and stringent action against him. They had also lodged complaints with the police against him in various places. Later, the Karimnagar police arrested another man Bairi Agni Tej for social media posts derogatory to Ayyappa Swamy. (Maxim News)
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