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Lakhs of devotees, including each elder leaders of the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), connected Sunday participated successful a mega Bhagavad Gita recital astatine Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground.
The event, which came a time aft the instauration chromatic of a Babri Mosque was laid astatine Beldanga successful Murshidabad by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, became an juncture of governmental musculus flexing for the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies.
The lawsuit titled Panch Lakho Konthe Gita Path, Gita chanting by 5 lakh voices, was organised by the Sanatan Sanskriti Sansad, a corporate of monks and spiritual leaders from assorted monasteries and spiritual institutions successful the State.
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar and erstwhile State BJP president Dilip Ghosh were among the leaders who participated successful the spiritual programme.
Kartik Maharaj, a salient monk of the Bharat Sevashram Sangh from Beldanga, tried to picture it arsenic a spiritual lawsuit organised by sadhus and saints. “This lawsuit has nary large wealth involved, nary large musculus powerfulness involved. This is an endeavour by a fewer saints who person thing astatine their disposal,” Kartik Maharaj said from the stage. The monk, considered adjacent to the West Bengal BJP leadership, had successful the past organised protests against the targeting of Hindus successful Bangladesh.
State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said that “for organising an lawsuit of Gita recital if radical person to look criticism, past it proves wherever are we heading to“.
Mr. Bhattacharya referred to the instauration chromatic laying of the mosque successful Murshidabad and accused the Trinamool authorities of allowing it. “The existent authorities successful West Bengal is simply a pro Babar government. This is simply a authorities which is opposed to Hindus and adjacent Muslims of the State,” the BJP person said.
Leader of Opposition successful the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said that it “was a unsocial feeling to enactment successful the recitation of the Gita successful 5 lakh voices successful the beingness of revered saints and saints”.
West Bengal BJP seasoned Tathagata Roy said that helium was overwhelmed by the event. Mr. Roy, besides the erstwhile Governor of Tripura, said that aft decades of power of the Left and the Trinamool Congress helium “heard the thunderous proclamation of religion”.
Trinamool person Kunal Ghosh said that the lawsuit was a “misuse” of the Gita. Mr. Ghosh said the BJP was polarising Hindus connected 1 manus and trying to confuse a conception of Muslims connected the different up of the Assembly polls successful the State.
Suspended Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir said that helium would organise an lawsuit successful Murshidabad wherever 1 lakh radical would recite verses of the Quran.
