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Hindus in city react strongly against Jairam Ramesh’s statement

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: ‘Mandir and Dharmik Sanstha Mahasangh, Maharashtra’ located at Nerul, Navi Mumbai reacted strongly to the statement made by Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh. Jairam Ramesh had said ‘Toilets are more sacred than Temples’.

The Mandir Mahasangh issued a letter which said, “Jairam Ramesh has hurt the sentiments of Hindus. We are going to lodge a formal complaint against him. Why is Jairam Ramesh not given the same treatment as Aseem Trivedi for referring to toilets as more sacred than temples? Why did his government jail the cartoonist Aseem Trivedi who had in his cartoon depicted the corrupt parliament as akin to a toilet? Jairam Ramesh’s outburst is an insult to Hindu religion and Hindu society as a whole. We challenge Jairam Ramesh to criticize Mosques and Churches in similar manner. He will not dare do that since if he does it he won’t be spared.

This is a rotten opinion coming out of the brain of Jairam Ramesh. There are 64% citizens of India who answer the nature’s call in the open. They have no toilets, thanks to corrupt Congress government. When Congress’s Planning Commission comes up with projects of constructing toilets, they pocket a big portion of the money allotted for the project.

Jairam Ramesh should publicly apologize for making such an obscene statement about Hindu Temples. This statement will not be considered as just his personal opinion but also the opinion of his party which is Congress. Hence even the Congress chief Sonia Gandhi should apologize for insulting the Hindus. Otherwise our Mahasangh will organize a public awareness agitation and see to it that Congress gets defeated in the forthcoming elections.”