Politics

JDU leader Pawan Verma criticise Farooq Abdullah over Ram Temple issue says, ‘Don’t give homilies to Hindus’

Farooq Abdullah

New Delhi | Janta Dal-United (JDU) leader Pawan Verma on Sunday responding to Farooq Abdullah recent statement over the Ram Temple-Babri Masjid issue advised former Jammu and Kashmir CM should to not give homilies to Hindus.

Speaking to media the JDU leader said, “I would strongly advise Mr Abdullah not to give homilies to Hindus. He had said that since God is in hearts of people,why build a temple but that applies to all.What’s he trying to say? That because God is in your heart, you can’t build a temple?”


Criticising the Nation Conference Chief, Verma said,”First he has equated any desire to have a temple for Ram as a neglect of other issues which are plaguing the country and has said that because of that you don’t need a temple of Ram”.”Who is he to say that? It’s not an either-or situation,” he questioned. Verma further attacking Abdullah over his statement clamied that No country has ever posited a situation of faith vs development and we don’t want to hear such kind of advice from Mr. Abdullah. He said “People go as matter of their faith to worship. Governments and people have to pursue developmental agenda. Proportion must be right but we don’t want to hear this kind of advice from Mr Abdullah.”

Earlier former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah commenting onn the ongoing Ram Temple-Babri Masjid issue said, “You’re not fighting on issues that matter to people. You’re fighting for Ram. Is Ram going to come from heaven & give farmers something better? Or unemployment will disappear in a day because Ram is coming. They are fooling people.”

Dear Readers,
As an independent media platform, we do not take advertisements from governments and corporate houses. It is you, our readers, who have supported us on our journey to do honest and unbiased journalism. Please contribute, so that we can continue to do the same in future.
Some error occurred

Related posts

National

Pakistan issues visas to 139 Indian pilgrims to visit Katas Raj dham

TestHostEntry

New Delhi | The Pakistan High Commission on Sunday said it has issued visas to 139 Indian pilgrims to visit Katas Raj Dham, the famous Shiva temple, in the country’s Punjab province.

Under the framework of a bilateral protocol on visits to religious shrines, Sikh and Hindu pilgrims from India visit Pakistan every year. Pakistani pilgrims also visit India every year under the protocol. “Another group of Indian pilgrims, comprising 139 people, have been issued visas by the Pakistan High Commission to visit Shree Katas Raj Dham in Chakwal district from December 9-15,” the Pakistan High Commission said.

Last month, Pakistan had granted visas to more than 3,800 Sikh pilgrims to visit the country. Some of the pilgrims had attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor on November 28 in Narowal. The corridor will link the Darbar Sahib shrine in Kartarpur in Pakistan’s Punjab province to Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district in India.

Earlier this month, over 220 Indian pilgrims were granted visas to visit the famous Hindu temple, Shadani Darbar, in Sukkur. Katas Raj is one of the holiest places for the Hindu community in Pakistan. The temples form a complex surrounding a pond named Katas — which is regarded as sacred by the devotees.

Pakistan’s High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood stated that the issuance of visas for yet another group of pilgrims from India was consistent with Government’s of Pakistan’s policy of promoting visits to religious shrines and was a reflection of its commitment to faithfully implement the 1974 Protocol, the High Commission said in a release. He said that Pakistan remained committed to providing all possible facilitation for the visiting pilgrims and strengthening people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

Related posts