'Temple or hospital?': Bihar Education Minister Chandra Shekhar's remarks on Ram Mandir sparks outcry
Temple or hospital? If you want education and want to become an officer, MLA, or MP, will you go to a temple or school? Fateh Bahadur Singh (RJD MLA) said the same thing that had been said by Savitribai Phule. What is wrong here? He quoted Savitribai Phule.
Isn't education necessary?..." Bihar Education Minister Chandra Shekhar said while speaking to ANI on Monday. "We should be cautious of pseudo-Hinduvaad and pseudo-nationalism...When Lord Ram resides in each one of us and everywhere, where will you go to look for him?...The sites that have been allocated have been made into sites of exploitation, used for filling the pockets of a few conspirators in society..." the minister added.
The development comes as another Bihar leader and RJD MLA Fateh Bahadur Singh described temples as a path to ‘mental slavery’ in a poster. The poster coming ahead of the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony was not taken well by the opposition BJP, which claimed that the it was “aimed at hurting Hindu sentiments with provocative remarks".
“The meaning of temple is the path to mental slavery, while the meaning of school is the path towards light," the poster said. “When the bell in the temple tolls, it gives us a message that we are heading towards superstition, hypocrisy, foolishness and ignorance; while the bell in the school points towards logical thinking, scientific approach and march towards light.
It is for you to decide which way you want to head," the poster added. Milestone Alert!
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