Proper-wing teams have once more launched a marketing campaign to boycott Muslim merchants close to temple gala’s in Karnataka. In a recent transfer, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal have submitted a memorandum to the Tumakuru district collector to not permit shopkeepers from different religions on the truthful to be held at Gubbi Channabasaveshwara temple from February 25 to March 19.
Of their petition submitted on Thursday to Tumakuru collector YS Patil, the pro-Hindu teams warned of protests if merchants from different religions are allowed to hold out enterprise straight or not directly on the premises of the temple or inside 100-meter surrounding.
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“Channabasaveshwara Rathotsava will probably be held in a grand method,” Bajrang Dal district chief Manju Bhargav mentioned. He mentioned the temple belongs to the Muzarai division and warned of protests if non-Hindus are allowed to commerce close to the temple.
“The clause may be very clear that there isn’t any scope for individuals of different religions to hold out enterprise on the premises of temples and at non secular gala’s. This regulation needs to be enforced,” VHP district president GK Srinivas mentioned.
In an analogous incident earlier this month, Mangaluru police eliminated banners on the Kadri Sri Manjunatha temple truthful that prohibited Muslims from conducting enterprise exercise close to the temple. Based on police, the banners had been put up by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, following which they had been eliminated on the identical day.
Police mentioned the banners talked about the cooker bomb blast in Mangaluru final 12 months and alleged that the first goal of the accused within the case was the Kadri Manjunatha temple, police mentioned. The banners additionally acknowledged that solely merchants who believed within the rituals and ceremonies of the Hindu faith could be allowed to proceed with their commerce and enterprise, police mentioned.
Since March final 12 months, campaigns focusing on Muslim companies have been underway in Karnataka, particularly after the hijab row. The VHP and Bajrang Dal have been on the forefront of the marketing campaign to oppose merchants from different communities throughout Hindu non secular gala’s.
In November final 12 months, banners had been erected in the course of the Champa Shashti celebrations at Kukke Subrahmanya temple demanding the prohibition of Muslim distributors. In April final 12 months, Muslim distributors had been banned from establishing their stalls for the Deviramma Suggi temple truthful by the temple administration. In Shivamogga, the pageant committee reportedly didn’t give tenders to Muslim shopkeepers to arrange retailers in the course of the five-day Kote Marikamba Jatra pageant after alleged protests by the BJP and others in March final 12 months.
After the hijab row, a number of temple authorities and organizing committees of gala’s banned Muslim merchants from establishing stalls. For years, Muslims have been establishing stalls at such annual gala’s at temples. The transfer got here after many Muslim merchants closed their retailers in protest towards the Karnataka excessive court docket verdict upholding the state’s ban on hijabs at colleges and faculties.