The Maharashtra authorities on Monday assured strict motion towards Hindu spiritual chief Kalicharan Maharaj for allegedly utilizing derogatory phrases towards Mahatma Gandhi.
Maharashtra’s Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik raised the problem within the state meeting and demanded that the spiritual chief be booked for sedition and arrested.
Insulting Mahatma Gandhi is an insult to our nation.
Strict motion ought to be taken towards Kalicharan Maharaj and a case ought to be registered towards him for insulting our Father of the Nation.
We are getting extra info from Akola and Maharashtra Home Ministry also needs to take motion.— Nawab Malik نواب ملک Nawab Malik (@nawabmalikncp) December 27, 2021
During a ‘Dharma Sansad’ in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on Sunday night, Kalicharan Maharaj had allegedly used derogatory phrases towards the Father of the Nation, and praised his killer Nathuram Godse.
Later, following a criticism by a Congress chief, sections 505(2) (statements frightening or selling enmity, hatred or ill-will between lessons) and 294 (obscene acts) of the Indian Penal Code had been filed towards the spiritual chief in Raipur. FIR was registered underneath , based on the police.
The subject of his remarks towards Mahatma Gandhi got here up within the Maharashtra Assembly on Monday.
NCP member Nawab Malik stated in the home that Kalicharan Maharaj is a resident of Akola in Maharashtra.
BJP member Sudhir Mungantiwar questioned what the state Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA-Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress mixed) authorities was doing and why not taking motion towards Kalicharan Maharaj.
Congress members Nana Patole and Vijay Wadettiwar supported Malik’s demand.
He urged the Speaker to direct the State Government.
On this, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar stated that Malik and Wadettiwar are the representatives of the federal government. “It is the job of the government to take action. The MVA government will seek a report about (Kalicharan Maharaj’s) comments and take stern action,” Pawar stated.
During this system in Raipur, Kalicharan Maharaj had stated, “The objective of Islam is to seize the nation via politics. Before our eyes they occupied in 1947 (referring to the partition) … They had beforehand occupied Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. He captured Bangladesh and Pakistan via politics. I salute Nathuram Godse for killing Gandhi.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
