Self-styled keepers of the Hindu faith like VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi have a penchant for embarrassing India’s Government. In her latest instalment of highly objectionable statements, she has warned that Hajj pilgrims would be targeted for attack if Amarnath Yatra pilgrims face any trouble from J&K separatists.
Such vitriolic statements by the Hindu loony fringe are utterly condemnable; those who make them need to be restrained forthwith. Earlier, Prachi had said that those opposed to yoga should go to Pakistan and that they have no right to stay in India. She also went on to attack Vice-President Hamid Ansari, who had to stay away from the 21 June Rajpath function over matters of protocol rather than preference.
BJP MP Yogi Adityanath, too, has said menacing things. Those who were unwilling to perform Surya Namaskar should drown in the sea, he had said in the wake of protests by Muslim groups over compulsory drills for the Yoga Day celebrations of 21 June.
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