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Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away earlier today, days after she tested positive for Covid-19. She was a devout Hindu, and she wore her identity on her sleeves proudly. When veteran leader Lal Krishna Advani was about to start Rath Yatra in 1990 to construct Bhavya Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Lata Mangeshkar recorded Ram Dhun and presented it to LK Advani. The Bhajan was played throughout the Rath Yatra.

The full version of Ram Dhun is available on Prasar Bharti’s archives on YouTube.

The same video was shared by Lata Mangeshkar on the day of Bhoomipujan of Bhavya Ram Mandir in August 2020. She wrote, “This song was reverberating in my mind while watching the speeches of all the dignitaries on television during the Shri Ram Mandir Bhumipujan ceremony in Ayodhya today.

नमस्कार। आज अयोध्या में श्री राममंदिर भूमिपूजन समारोह के दौरान सभी गणमान्य वक्ताओं का भाषण टेलीविज़न पे देखते हुए मेरे मन में यही गीत गूंज रहा था.https://t.co/yrtqgRBwMf

On August 5, 2020, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed Bhoomipujan of Bhavya Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar expressed her happiness via tweets.

नमस्कार.कई राजाओं का ,कई पीढ़ियों का और समस्त विश्वके राम भक्तोंका सदियों से अधूरा सपना आज साकार होता दिख (cont) https://t.co/9vYy3nRylh

In a message posted on Twitter, she said, “Namaskar. Today, the dream of several kings, generations and Ram Bhakts from around the world is becoming a reality. Today, Bhoomipujan of Bhavya Mandir of Bhagwan Ram is happening after many years of exile. A lot of credit goes to Shri Lal Krishna Advani Ji, who conducted Rath Yatra and spread awareness among the people of India. Credit also goes to Shri Balasaheb Thackeray Ji.”

She added, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Ji, UP Governor Anandibeh Patel Ji, Ram Janmbhoomi President Nritya Gopal Das Ji, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Ji and many others will be present. Today though lakhs of devotees could not attend Bhoomipujan because of Corona, their minds and thoughts will be at the feet of Shri Ram. I am happy that this ceremony is being done by Narendra Bhai. Today I, my family and the whole world are very happy, and every heartbeat, every breath is saying Jai Shri Ram.”

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opindia.com - OpIndia Staff

Gandhi-scion and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter on Saturday to share wishes on the occasion of Saraswati Puja. However, even while wishing for a festival, he could not fail to keep his politics out of it. For him, the Saraswati Puja was an occasion to shame ‘Hindus’ because some Muslim women in Karnataka are preferring hijabs over their education.

In his tweet, Rahul Gandhi said, “By letting students’ Hijab come in the way of their education, we are robbing the future of the daughters of India. Ma Saraswati gives knowledge to all. She doesn’t differentiate.”

As he wished his followers, the Member of Parliament from Wayanad did not shy away from using the opportunity of ridiculing a Hindu festival by turning it into a political spectacle. The Gandhi-scion did not miss any chance to lecture Hindus about morality.

Rahul Gandhi’s tweet had reference to the latest Hijab controversy that is unfolding in Karnataka, where a few Muslim girl students are refusing to follow the existing rules and regulations of school uniform and insisting on wearing Hijab inside secular educational institutions. The educational institutions have denied entry to students from both Hindu and Muslim communities for failing to adhere to existing rules.

However, Rahul Gandhi unnecessarily drags in the Hijab controversy to wish Hindus so that he can guilt-trip the community over recent developments in the state. The insincerity of Rahul Gandhi’s to make half-hearted attempts to wish Hindus on the day of Saraswati Pooja is clear from his tweet.

Also, as evident from Rahul Gandhi’s tweet, the onus of ‘not differentiating’ and being ‘equal for all is on the Hindus, not on the Muslims who are unwilling to follow the rules of a secular institution and instead insisting on wearing their religious identity inside the campus.

Ironically, the ladies who are demanding the college allows them to wear hijabs inside the classroom are from an ideology that considers Saraswati Puja ‘haram’ and would gladly destroy the idols of Maa Saraswati.

His other tweet wishing people on Vasant Panchami has the picture of a farmer in a mustard field.

Rahul Gandhi deliberately leaves out Hindu icons and symbols

Well, the tweets are not just about Rahul Gandhi’s brazen attempts to demoralise Hindus but also hints at a broader plan of doing away with Hindu iconography.

If one looks at his tweets, one can notice that Rahul Gandhi avoids sharing any graphics or images of Hindu deities as he wishes Hindus impassively during festivals. Moreover, the tweet has no images of Maa Saraswati, hinting at the conscious attempt of not including any Hindu iconography in his tweets.

Interestingly, this is not the first time that Rahul Gandhi is indulging in such a suspicious act. Every time Rahul Gandhi puts out a tweet wishing Hindus on the festival days, he deliberately misses to put out images of Hindu deities. This strange tweeting pattern has been observed multiple times.

Last year, Rahul Gandhi had wished his followers on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. As he wished his followers, Rahul Gandhi shared a graphic with the inscription “Ganesh Chaturthi ki hardik shubhkamnaye”. However, one crucial element is missing from the tweet. The image of Lord Ganesh himself.

In another instance, Rahul Gandhi had wished Hindus on the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmasthami. However, he had deliberately left the image of Lord Krishna from his tweet.

In June last year, Rahul Gandhi had put out another phoney tweet on the occasion of Jagannath Yatra. However, the images of deities were missing from his tweet.

Again during Maha Shivarathri, Rahul Gandhi put out an image of Kailash mountains instead of directly posting Lord Shiva’s images on his tweet.

Last year, “Janeudhari” Rahul Gandhi had also shared an image of Sumit Antil, a para-athlete who won gold at Tokyo Paralympics, except that he had cropped out the ‘Om’ from the chain Antil was wearing.

Secularism khatre mye hye that is why Rahul Vinci Cropped OM symbol https://t.co/S2ld5copHf

Well, the habitual act of Rahul Gandhi to leave out icons and symbols of Hindus in his tweets has created massive outrage on social media platforms. Netizens have time and again accused Rahul Gandhi of mistreating Hindus and Hindu festivals and often hinted at a larger plan of Congress leader’s attempt to secularise Hindu festivals.

It is pertinent to note that Abrahamic beliefs such as Islam and Christianity do not endorse multiple gods and their depiction. In Islam, the depiction of idols and human forms of God are considered ‘haram’. Most of the tweets by Rahul Gandhi in recent times resonates with such beliefs, and the deliberate leaving out of Hindu deities in his tweets does not come as a surprise anymore.

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opindia.com - OpIndia Staff

The Jammu & Kashmir Police stated that Fahad Shah, editor of the prominent Srinagar-based news portal The Kashmir Walla, was detained on Friday for anti-national activities and sharing provocative content on the social media platform Facebook.

Three months before the ongoing Hijab controversy stirred up Karnataka, an act of provocation by local Muslims had occurred in the Udupi district.

Unlike past years, the Pakistan-sponsored “Kashmir Solidarity Day” on February 5th is unlikely to be observed in Jammu and Kashmir this year. Prior to Saturday, there were no public processions/rallies, special prayers in mosques, or marches on the streets of Kashmir regarding the same.

Ahead of the high octane assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, a video has gone viral on social media on Friday, February 4, wherein Samajwadi Party workers are heard raising pro-Pakistan and anti-national slogans. The footage is said to be from Kanpur, where Samajwadi Party supporters held a rally in favor of SP candidate Munindra Shukla, who is running for the assembly seat of Bithoor.

Supriya Sule, Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) made false statements regarding vaccine manufacturing and ridiculed the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on the fourth day of Parliament’s Budget Session on Thursday.

In a shocking incident, four men brutally attacked a youth inside a bus for speaking to a Muslim girl in Karnataka. The incident was reported from Kundapur taluk in Udupi district on Thursday morning.

An illegal church constructed on public land was demolished by public authorities in the Kolar district of Karnataka on Wednesday.

Mark Zuckerberg lost as much as $31 billion on Thursday as Meta Platforms Inc’s stock plunged 26 percent, erasing nearly $251 billion in market value.