Patna: Self-styled godman Dhirendra Krishna Shastri’s proposed visit to Bihar has triggered a war of words in the eastern state, with central and state ministers, legislators and leaders sharply divided over the issue. ‘Miracle Worker’ from Madhya Pradesh.
Shastri is scheduled to deliver discourses from May 13 to May 17 at Naubatpur, located about 20 km from Patna. Devotees throng in large numbers to have darshan of the chief priest of Bageshwar Dham in Gadha, Madhya Pradesh.Meeting’,
“If this so-called Dad Referring to the Rath Yatra being stopped by the Lalu Prasad government in 1990, Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar said, “If anyone says anything that disturbs communal harmony, I want to remind them that Lal Krishna Advani was also arrested here.” Was.”
Even in the early 2000s, when Lalu Prasad was in power, Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Pravin Togadia was not allowed to enter Bihar, while VHP’s programs did not get permission from the administration.
Lalu’s elder son and minister Tej Pratap Yadav even warned that he would not allow the controversial religious leader to enter Bihar. ,Dad Forgetting whose government is in Bihar.
Leaders of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have launched a counter-attack against the Grand Alliance government led by Nitish Kumar. “We will be there to ensure that the religious discourse of Baba Dhirendra Krishna Shastri takes place uninterruptedly. We challenged Tej Pratap Yadav to try to stop him.
Others who have come out in Shastri’s support include Union Ministers Giriraj Singh and Ashwini Choubey as well as BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav. Naubatpur, the venue of Shastri’s programme, comes under Ram Kripal Yadav’s Patliputra parliamentary constituency.
In Naubatpur, the event will be held in an area spread over 200 acres to accommodate the huge crowd that would come to attend Shastri’s discourses.
“Gandhi Maidan in Patna will be too small for the mega event. We are anticipating the participation of more than 2 lakh devotees. But even without our invitation, groups of people from nearby and far-flung villages have informed us that they are coming,” Raj Shekhar, secretary of the event’s organizing committee, told ThePrint.
Shekhar said he was not aware of any controversy involving the self-styled godman. He said, ‘We have invited everyone to participate in the program… even Lalu YesTejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav, we have also invited CPI-ML MLAs to participate,” he remarked.
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controversies related to Shastri
The 26-year-old Shastri, popularly known as Bageshwar Dham Sarkar, has been in controversy on several occasions. A case registered March against him in Udaipur, Rajasthan, when he allegedly called for a Hindu nation at a ‘Dharma Sabha’.
In January, he reportedly cut short his stay in Nagpur after rationalists challenged him to prove the magical powers he claimed to have such as predicting the future of his devotees through paper chits Doing.
Shastri was again in the news in the same month when he promised his followers a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ if they supported him. This was when he addressed a meeting in Raipur.
Why is Bihar government restless
After communal violence broke out during Ram Navami in Bihar, the BJP has been attacking the Nitish Kumar government for following the path of Muslim appeasement and targeting only Hindus.
violence was reported on 31 March and 1 April Sasaram and BiharsharifDistrict headquarter of Rohtas and Nalanda districts. Sasaram administration recently Jawahar Prasad arrestedFive-time former BJP MLA on charges of inciting communal violence.
in Sarsaram, BJP state president Samrat Chaudhary sat on dharna throughout the day. alleged on Wednesday that the Kushwahas were being targeted by the Nitish government after they surrendered in the district court of Jawahar Prasad in connection with the communal violence.
Both Chowdhary and Prasad belong to the politically important Kushwaha community.
“The state is already on the edge and a controversial statement by Shastri in the guise of a religious sermon could make things worse. Shastri is capable of making statements that can spread hatred.
(Edited by Tony Rae)
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