Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam’s Attendance At A Large-Scale “Religious Conversion” Event Has Sparked Controversy With The Video Viral On Twitter
The BJP is requesting that the AAP fire its minister. Additionally, a video documenting Gautam’s attendance at a public mass religious conversion event has gone viral.
The video depicts a sizable group of people swearing an oath to denounce Hindu deities. Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, a BJP leader, uploaded the video and criticised Kejriwal and the AAP, saying, “All Hindu deities, including Lord Ram and Lord Krishna, were insulted by Arvind Kejriwal’s minister Rajendra Gautam. Kejriwal, a hypocrite, has to apologise to all Hindus worldwide!”
AAP Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam Belittles Hindu Gods And Insults Hinduism During Conversion Event, Video Goes Viral On Twitter
This is the true anti Hindu face of AAP – this is not a sanyog or a one off incident of abusing Hindus or inciting riots- we have seen how Kejriwal opposed Ram Mandir , how Sisodia did the same, how they backed Delhi riots mastermind Tahir Hussain!
Will they sack Rajendra Pal? pic.twitter.com/c6J0VCMCG8
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) October 7, 2022
Kejriwal has worked with Teresa for long. We all know how Teresa was running conversion racket in India under the disguise of social work.
So Kejriwal having west/missionaries support & his people working against Hinduism isn’t surprising.
Joke is on Hindus who support him.
— Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) October 7, 2022
Arvind Kejriwal's minister Rajendra Pal Gautam claims he had converted over 10,000 people in this public meeting from Hinduism to Buddhism.
Level of hate spewed is not surprising! #TheKejriwalFiles pic.twitter.com/kgx7QoTBmS
— The Kejriwal Files (@KejriwalFiles) October 7, 2022
We are working to make India a Buddhist country & our target is to convert atleast 10 crore people by October 2025 : Kejriwal’s minister @AdvRajendraPal pic.twitter.com/tXpbR9i3fe
— Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) October 7, 2022
Adesh Gupta, the president of the Delhi BJP, continued to criticise the AAP “No faith espouses the insulting of any other religion. A complaint over the AAP cabinet minister’s denigration of Hindu gods and goddesses was filed today at the Parliament Street police station.”
The BJP leader filed a complaint against Kejriwal and asked that the AAP minister be fired right away if he showed even the slightest sign of embarrassment.
Gautam Is The Minister Of Social Welfare In The Arvind Kejriwal Administration.
The AAP was charged with hurting Hindus’ feelings, and BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia claimed that “Gautam’s words illustrate the hate the party has for the Hindu religion during a press conference.”
Bhatia asserted that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered the minister to make the alleged remarks. Approximately, 10,000 people are said to have pledged throughout the programme to abandon their worship of Hindu gods and convert to Buddhism in order to follow Lord Buddha’s teachings.
On October 5, Gautam himself also tweeted images from the occasion, claiming that over 10,000 individuals had made commitments to practise Buddhism and work toward eradicating casteism and untouchability in India.
Adesh Gupta, the head of the Delhi BJP, accused Gautam of displaying “disrespect” for Hindu deities during a Dussehra programme at Central Delhi’s Karol Bagh in front of a large crowd.
“This is not an isolated event; the AAP has a history of demeaning and disrespecting Hindu deities. We demand that Kejriwal remove Gautam from his cabinet right away” said Gupta.
कोई भी धर्म यह नही सिखाता कि किसी दूसरे धर्म का अपमान किया जाए।
आज AAP के कैबिनेट मंत्री द्वारा हिन्दू देवी-देवताओं को अपमानित करने के विरुद्ध संसद मार्ग थाने में @DCPNewDelhi से मिलकर शिकायत दर्ज कराई।@ArvindKejriwal में यदि जरा सी भी शर्म है तो वे उन्हें तुरंत बर्खास्त करें! pic.twitter.com/z4jC9r3NSa
— Adesh Gupta (@adeshguptabjp) October 7, 2022
A party delegation was led by Gupta to report the incident to the local police. Manoj Tiwari, a BJP lawmaker, also called for Gautam to be fired because he would incite hostility between the Hindu and Buddhist communities.
Parvesh Verma, a West Delhi MP, attacked Gautam and said that he was engaging in “mass religious conversion.”
“News of conversions is reported daily from Punjab, which is under the AAP government. Similar to this, Rajendra Pal, a minister for Kejriwal, is currently leading a massive conversion effort in Delhi “In a tweet, Verma stated.
According to Bhatia, the remarks were made as part of “vote bank” politics given the upcoming elections. He asked, “How low will you go, Kejriwal, in exchange for votes?” He further added that every Hindu, has faith in their gods, and the minister’s remarks are a blow to the integrity of the country.
RSS Branch Reaction On Mass Conversion
Along with criticising Gautam, the Vishva Hindu Parishad requested his dismissal. The RSS branch further demanded that the Delhi Police and Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena take “severe action” against Gautam, claiming that the minister’s attendance at the ceremony where oaths were administered to attendees harmed Hindu feelings. As part of their campaign against Kejriwal, the VHP said that his minister’s attendance at the event had revealed his “hypocrisy” and sought an apology from him.
Vinod Bansal, national spokesperson for the VHP said, “We have no issue with attendees accepting Buddhism at the gathering. Buddhism and Hinduism are interrelated. The open mockery of our gods and goddesses during the festival, however, is unacceptable.”
Referring to the allegedly viral video, he claimed that the Delhi minister was publicly giving similar vows to attendees from the diaspora and “tearing the country’s secularism into shreds.” The VHP leader said, “We demand that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal fire the minister.”
He accused Kejriwal saying, “Gautam has defamed the same god Ganesha and goddess Lakshmi that Kejriwal worships on every Diwali in a show-off with his misdeed. He has revealed the hypocrisy of Kejriwal.”
The VHP leader claimed that Kejriwal needed to apologise to the public for being “such a hypocrite.”
He concluded by saying, “People are allowed to practise any religion they choose, but no one has the right to criticise Hindu gods and goddesses for organising a conversion ceremony. It’s unacceptable, unconstitutional, and offensive to Hindu values.”
Strict action is demanded from BJP and RSS against the mockery of Indian Gods and Goddesses and hurting Hindu sentiments.
अरविंद केजरीवाल ने अपने मंत्री राजेंद्र गौतम से कराया भगवान श्रीराम और भगवान श्रीकृष्ण सहित सभी हिंदू देवी-देवताओं का अपमान! पाखंडी केजरीवाल पूरे विश्व के हिंदुओं से मांगें माफी!@narendramodi @JPNadda @AmitShah @blsanthosh @PandaJay @BJP4Delhi pic.twitter.com/xMqGy6RdGt
— Ramvir Singh Bidhuri (@RamvirBidhuri) October 7, 2022
BJP demands action against #AAP minister #RajendraGautam for his controversial remarks made at a conversion event.@madhavgk sheds more light on the whole controversy with @prathibhatweets pic.twitter.com/xL5AELd6U6
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) October 7, 2022
हिन्दुबहुल देश मे हिन्दू देवी देवताओं के बहिष्कार की शपथ केवल हमारे तथाकथित धर्म निरपेक्ष भारत मे ही सम्भव है।
जहाँ भगवान श्री राम ने जन्म लिया उसी धरती पर भगवान श्री राम को ना मानने की शपथ दिलवाया जाना केवल हमारे देश मे ही सम्भव है।#HinduVirodhikejriwal #rajendragautam— Chitwan Parashar (@Chitwan86) October 7, 2022
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