Spokesperson of Tamil Nadu BJP Suryah faces a case against him for criticising the act of Ganesha-idol desecration by women in Bahrain
Bengaluru: There were news reports that a woman in Bahrain broke the idols of Lord Ganesha.
This is sacrilege as one can’t hurt the beliefs of another religion.
But worse than this sacrilege is how the police have filed a case against the BJP spokesperson of the Tamil Nadu unit.
Why? Because he condemned it!
On his account, he said, “These women go to some shopping complex & break all the Bhagwan Ganesh statues out of spite, hatred & shamelessness. I think they’re also paying for it. From where do they get so much religious fanaticism? Scary.”
These women go to some shopping complex & break all the Bhagwan Ganesh statues out of spite, hatred & shamelessness. I think they’re also paying for it. From where do they get so much religious fanaticism? Scary.
எவ்வளவு வெறி பிடித்து அலைகின்றனர் பாருங்கள். ஏன் இந்த குரோதம்? pic.twitter.com/ZOKcE4cWyf
Reports add that an advocate by name Mani Maran has filed a case against the BJP spokesman saying it promoted religious hatred. He has quoted various sections of the Indian Penal Code to take action against Suryah.
However, the report adds that when contacted, Suryah said he got to know about the case only after reading it on a Tamil website.
Responding to this tweet, Interior Ministry of Bahrain said action had been taken against her.
It said, “Capital Police took legal steps against a woman, 54, for damaging a shop in Juffair and defaming a sect and its rituals, in order to refer her to the Public Prosecution.”
Capital Police took legal steps against a woman, 54, for damaging a shop in Juffair and defaming a sect and its rituals, in order to refer her to the Public Prosecution.
— Ministry of Interior (@moi_bahrain)
A video in which the desecration was exposed shows how she felled the idol to the floor as she screamed.
The Ganesha idols were kept on the shelves. Vexed at the presence of these idols, she unleashes herself.
She even took the salesman to task for selling such idols in a Muslim country and wondered how this could happen in a Muslim country. She even called for the police. The woman, who name is not known, is 54 years old.
Millions of Hindus worship Lord Ganesha as the destroyer of evils. The country will celebrate Ganesha festival on the August 22.
Bahrain authorities have condemned the act.
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