Faith

Who Is BJP To Teach Us How To Conduct Puja Of Goddess Kali, Asks MP Mahua Moitra

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, who is in the eye of a storm for her comments on Goddess Kaali, fired a fresh salvo at BJP on Friday.

The BJP unit of West Bengal has demanded action against the Krishnanagar MP for saying that Kaali is a ‘meat-eating, alcohol-accepting goddess’. Several FIRs have also been registered against Mahua for hurting religious sentiments.

“Who is the BJP to teach us how to conduct puja of Goddess Kali in a particular way? Neither Lord Ram nor Lord Hanuman solely belongs to the BJP. Has the party taken the lease of Hindu dharma?” the MP asked.

“Being a Kaali bhakt (devotee), I know how to worship Kaali. We have been worshipping the goddess the same way for past 2,000 years,” she told a local news channel.

Mahua opined that BJP’s attempt to “impose its agenda of Hindutva and thrusting its monolithic views” on other ethnic groups should be resisted and addressed for the sake of the country.

“For long, we had avoided the issue of BJP imposing its own version of Hinduism, which is based on established norms of North India. The party should desist from imposing it on people of other parts of the country such as West Bengal where Hindus follow their well-established rituals for centuries,” she added.

Interestingly, even her party has distanced itself from Mahua’s comments.

OB Bureau
Share
Published by
OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Odisha Travel Enthusiast Killed Near Hampi Laid To Rest In G Udayagiri

G Udayagiri: The 26-year-old Odisha youth killed near Hampi in Karnataka was laid to rest… Read More

36 minutes ago

ED Raids Properties Linked To Former Chhattisgarh CM’s Son In Alleged Liquor Scam

Raipur: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting raids at several locations in Raipur in connection… Read More

37 minutes ago

Odisha Man Jailed For 14 Years In Murder Case Gets HC Acquittal

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has acquitted a murder convict, who spent 14 years in… Read More

1 hour ago

Online Process For PG Admission In Odisha Begins Today; CPET Score & 4-Round Selection

Bhubaneswar: The online application process for postgraduate admission in Odisha will commence on Monday and… Read More

2 hours ago

No Vanuatu Citizenship For Former IPL Boss Lalit Modi, Here’s Why?

New Delhi: Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has reportedly ordered the Citizenship Commission to cancel… Read More

3 hours ago

Here’s What Canada’s New PM Mark Carney Said About Country’s Relationship With India

Toronto: Mark Carney will succeed Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada. He has won… Read More

4 hours ago