New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Occasion minister Rajendra Pal Gautam, who lately participated in a Delhi occasion the place individuals took oaths to boycott Hindu deities, resigned on Sunday.
AAP Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam who was noticed collaborating at an occasion, the place individuals took an oath boycotting a number of Hindu Gods, resigns
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— ANI (@ANI) October 9, 2022
The Delhi social welfare minister was caught in a video attending a spiritual conversion programme on the capital’s Ambedkar Bhavan the place a whole lot of Hindus had embraced Buddhism on 5 October.
Gautam was on stage as attendees purportedly denounced deities like Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, Rama, Krishna, Gauri and Ganpati.
The BJP made political capital of the footage with Member of Parliament Manoj Tiwari calling the occasion an organised try to unfold riots.
He mentioned: “Buddhists are non-violent individuals, however what the AAP minister is doing is an try to unfold hatred in the neighborhood.”
इतना हिंदू विरोधी क्यों है AAP ? हिंदू धर्म के ख़िलाफ़ शपथ ले भी रहे है और दिला भी रहे है ये aap के मंत्री #HinduVirodhikejriwal pic.twitter.com/uGeph1m9q6
— Manoj Tiwari 🇮🇳 (@ManojTiwariMP) October 7, 2022
Gautam hit again, saying there was nothing flawed if he believed in Hinduism. “The Structure of India provides us the liberty to observe any faith. The BJP is dropping floor and it’s afraid of the Aam Aadmi Occasion,” he mentioned
He later lowered his tone and mentioned: “I’m a deeply non secular individual. I personally respect all gods and goddesses and wouldn’t even dream of insulting any deity by any motion or phrase of mine.”
The minister mentioned he had raised the problems of schooling, well being, employment, worth rise and social equality in his speech on the occasion, however BJP leaders have been spreading “rumours” in opposition to him.
“I’m deeply harm by this mischief and search an apology with folded arms from anybody who has been harm in any manner resulting from such propaganda by the BJP,” he mentioned within the assertion.
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