Rejecting the order as unconstitutional, the Opposition said that segregating and favouring one religion was not acceptable and since the Speaker had conceded to the demand of Muslims then it is but logical that worship rooms should be allotted for other religions too, as per reports even as they demanded an immediate withdrawal of what they dubbed as “unparliamentary order of Muslim appeasement”. When a special community can be allotted a room for prayers, others should also be allotted the same," he reportedly said. "The allotment of rooms for all religions would mean equal respect for all. If the Speaker approves, we can build the temple at our own cost.”Īnother went a step further and demanded that rooms should be allotted for people hailing from all other religions, including Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism and so on and so forth. I even demand that Hanuman Temple should be set up there. “I’m not against Namaz room, but then they should also build a temple at Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha premises. A tweet from an MLA sufficiently substantiates this sentiment: In fact the BJP went as far as offering to build the temple with their own funds, provided the space was allotted.
Yet in the same breath, the saffron Party demanded space in the Assembly for setting up a Hanuman temple on grounds that if there can be separate room allotted for namaz then why not for recitation of Hanuman chalisa: the Hindu prayer ?Ĭonsequently, they have demanded that a temple for Hindu deity Hanuman be constructed within the state Assembly premises. However the BJP’s take is that when Parliament and Vidhan Sabhas are regarded as the “temples of democracy” then they cannot be specific to any religion”. Not the one to relent, the BJP charged the state with appeasement adding that it was playing the politics of “religious polarisation”. It is always on the lookout to play politics on trivial issues connected to religion.” To quote a Congress MLA yet again: “The BJP’s character is well known to all. If the former are accusing the state government of appeasement, the Hemant Soren government is saying that the BJP is playing politics as it is prone to. Quite expectedly, the knives were out: in the face of the Congress and the state government, of which it is an alliance partner, not only backing but clearly welcoming the controversial move.Ĭontroversial it sure is because this is not about a room but an issue that has, and not surprisingly, snowballed into a face-off between the two communities namely Hindus and Muslims.
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In any case politics played out in full swing: a kind of a no holds barred situation. However this did little to assuage feelings. However the logic, completely unconvincing to those crying foul, was, to quote one of Jharkhand’s Minister: “In the absence of a Namaz room, Muslim politicians had to go back home for prayers and then rush to the Assembly to attend sessions” according to reports. Two Muslim MLAs are from the Congress party, while the remaining two belong to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). That there are only four Muslims in a House of 81 is another matter altogether. What the critics are slamming as an “unprecedented move was a consequence of a demand by Muslim legislators that they needed a place to offer namaz during the session and hence a room be allotted for the same. Subsequently, “room no TW 348 was allotted as Namaz Hall for offering Namaz in the new Assembly building.” And if one community gets something can the others remain mute spectators particularly if the Muslims are beneficiaries? As things appear at present the answer unfortunately is in the negative: loud and clear.Įarlier this week, the state assembly in Jharkhand gave the go ahead to reserve a separate room inside the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha to offer Namaz. More than the demand, it was the Speaker conceding to it that was the flashpoint. A harmless and for some a genuine demand but one with unimagined repercussions and perhaps graver consequences, to say the least. It started with a demand for a prayer facility within the precincts of the state Assembly.
It not only spilled to the streets of Jharkhand but had a spiral effect on the other states too, among them Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
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