Ramcharitmanas Controversy: All India a day after Samajwadi Party MLC Swami Prasad Maurya alleged some verses of Ramcharitmanas were discriminatory On Monday, a local leader of the Hindu Mahasabha accused him of “cutting off” his tongue. Announced a reward of Rs 51 thousand to the person.
Agra district in-charge of Mahasabha, Saurabh Sharma said, ‘‘If any courageous person cuts off the tongue of SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya, he will be given a check of Rs 51,000 as prize money. He has insulted our religious scripture and hurt the sentiments of Hindus.’’ Meanwhile, members of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha took out a symbolic bier and burnt his effigy in Agra on Monday to protest against Maurya’s statement. thrown into the Yamuna.
What did SP say?
Earlier on Sunday, SP MLC gave a controversial statement on Ramcharitmanas. Maurya has demanded a ban on some parts of Ramcharitmanas written by Tulsidas, saying that they insult a large section of the society on the basis of caste, caste and class.
Former minister Swami Prasad Maurya said in the conversation, ‘The real meaning of religion is the welfare of humanity and its strength. If due to some lines of Ramcharitmanas, a section of the society is insulted on the basis of caste, varna and class, then it is definitely not religion but unrighteousness. Some castes like Teli and Kumhar have been named in some lines in Ramcharitmanas.’
MLC said ‘the sentiments of lakhs of people of these castes are getting hurt. Similarly, a chaupai of Ramcharitmanas says that women should be punished. It hurts the sentiments of women who are half of our society."