
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Tuesday accused PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti of “poisioning younger minds” for vested political pursuits after she objected to college students being compelled to sing ‘Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram’.
The previous chief minister had on Monday posted a video on Twitter through which college workers have been seen asking college students to recite the hymn, thought-about Mahatma Gandhi‘s favorite bhajan, and termed it the federal government’s actual “Hindutva agenda”.
“Jailing spiritual students, shutting down Jama Masjid & directing college children to sing Hindu hymns exposes the actual hindutva agenda of GOI in Kashmir,” the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) chief had mentioned within the tweet.
Reacting to her remarks, Raina mentioned she ought to keep away from taking part in such politics by “poisoning the younger minds”.
“Mahatma Gandhi united the entire nation by this bhajan in the course of the freedom battle. The college youngsters additionally sing ‘lab pe aati hai dua banke tamanna meri… (my coronary heart’s want involves my lips as a prayer) of their morning meeting and there was no objection from anybody,” Raina mentioned.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a free medical camp organised by the get together underneath ‘Sewa Pakhwada’, he mentioned some folks intentionally create such controversies for his or her vested political pursuits.
“Mehbooba ought to keep away from taking part in such kind of politics. She has misplaced her floor in Kashmir and folks of the Valley rejected her. She is popping out with such a conspiracy (to regain her place),” he mentioned.
“This nation belongs to all of us, the folks of all faiths – Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and others. Mehbooba ought to learn extra usually Allama Iqbal’s ‘mazhab nahin sikhata aapas mein bair rakhna’ (faith doesn’t educate us to struggle),” the BJP chief mentioned.
On the reopening of cinema halls in Kashmir after over three a long time, Raina quipped, “That is the start of a brand new period. Our kids within the Valley have solely heard the sounds of bombs and bullets and are disadvantaged of all leisure out there to their counterparts in different components of the nation.”
“The folks could have an fulfilling expertise with the opening of multiplexes,” he added.
Raina additionally thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, residence minister Amit Shah and lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha for declaring the final Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh’s delivery anniversary on September 23 as an annual vacation.
He mentioned the BJP is “working additional time” to resolve the problems in Jammu and Kashmir and the issues confronted by each day wage staff.
The previous chief minister had on Monday posted a video on Twitter through which college workers have been seen asking college students to recite the hymn, thought-about Mahatma Gandhi‘s favorite bhajan, and termed it the federal government’s actual “Hindutva agenda”.
“Jailing spiritual students, shutting down Jama Masjid & directing college children to sing Hindu hymns exposes the actual hindutva agenda of GOI in Kashmir,” the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) chief had mentioned within the tweet.
Reacting to her remarks, Raina mentioned she ought to keep away from taking part in such politics by “poisoning the younger minds”.
“Mahatma Gandhi united the entire nation by this bhajan in the course of the freedom battle. The college youngsters additionally sing ‘lab pe aati hai dua banke tamanna meri… (my coronary heart’s want involves my lips as a prayer) of their morning meeting and there was no objection from anybody,” Raina mentioned.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a free medical camp organised by the get together underneath ‘Sewa Pakhwada’, he mentioned some folks intentionally create such controversies for his or her vested political pursuits.
“Mehbooba ought to keep away from taking part in such kind of politics. She has misplaced her floor in Kashmir and folks of the Valley rejected her. She is popping out with such a conspiracy (to regain her place),” he mentioned.
“This nation belongs to all of us, the folks of all faiths – Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and others. Mehbooba ought to learn extra usually Allama Iqbal’s ‘mazhab nahin sikhata aapas mein bair rakhna’ (faith doesn’t educate us to struggle),” the BJP chief mentioned.
On the reopening of cinema halls in Kashmir after over three a long time, Raina quipped, “That is the start of a brand new period. Our kids within the Valley have solely heard the sounds of bombs and bullets and are disadvantaged of all leisure out there to their counterparts in different components of the nation.”
“The folks could have an fulfilling expertise with the opening of multiplexes,” he added.
Raina additionally thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, residence minister Amit Shah and lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha for declaring the final Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh’s delivery anniversary on September 23 as an annual vacation.
He mentioned the BJP is “working additional time” to resolve the problems in Jammu and Kashmir and the issues confronted by each day wage staff.