Attack on the sets of ‘Ashram’: Sadhus’ organization blames Bollywood for ‘maligning’ culture, hurting sentiments

An association of religious leaders on Wednesday demanded that the cases registered against Bajrang Dal activists for allegedly vandalizing the sets of Prakash Jha’s web series “Ashram” be withdrawn, and the Hindi film industry has been criticized by Hindu saints and Indian Accused of misrepresenting culture. . There was a “global conspiracy” to defame “Sanatan Dharma”, it said. Alleged Bajrang Dal activists ransacked the sets of web series “Ashram” here on Sunday and hurled ink at its producer-director Prakash Jha, accusing him of portraying the Hindu community in a wrong way.

The Aryavarta Shatadarshan Sadhu Mandal and Acharya Parishad, an organization of Hindu religious leaders, held a meeting on Wednesday and issued a statement on “Bollywood” during the past “five decades” to unfairly portray Indian culture and Hindu saints and religious sentiments. accused of hurting

“The way an ashram was portrayed in the first two seasons of this web series is condemnable. This is a global conspiracy to defame Sanatan Dharma.”

Why is Bollywood afraid of making such films about other religions? “Such films should be stopped or Hindus will retaliate and the administration and Bollywood will be responsible for this,” he said.

The organization further demanded that the cases registered against the Bajrang Dal workers who vandalized the set should be withdrawn.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Monday that producers and directors will have to inform the authorities about “objectionable material or scenes” in the script before taking permission to shoot in the state.

Mishra also supported Bajrang Dal’s demand to change the name of the web series. The police have so far arrested four people in connection with the attack on the sets.