Over the years, offering prayers in roads and other public places has emerged as a big political issue. Recently, the issue came into the limelight when the district administration took a tough stand against permission to offer prayers on the streets during Eid in some parts of Uttar Pradesh.
Union Minister and BJP ally Chirag Paswan has clearly rejected the efforts being made by Muslims against offering prayers on the streets. He said that these are useless subjects and there are many other big issues in the country which need to be discussed.
In a program in Times Now, the leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) was asked what he had to say on the protest against offering prayers on the streets. In response, he said, ‘This is a useless thing. It should not be discussed, it is fruitless. There are many major issues in the country that we need to discuss. The problem is that when we start talking about these irrelevant topics, there is an atmosphere of tension in the society and the country. There is a rift between communities and people without any reason. It is fruitless. ‘
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Paswan said that people have been offering prayers on the streets for years. If we were not talking about this, then you might have been asking what work I did as Food Processing Minister. But these things have now become secondary.
When he was told that the people of his ally party BJP were talking about this, the minister replied, ‘But I do not agree with it. This is what I am saying. I am an educated youth of the 21st century. We should not interfere in religious matters. This is a matter of personal faith. I gave Iftar party and I went there with tilak. This is my faith. I will not forget my religious values to respect your religion, but these are issues behind closed doors. This is a matter of personal faith. Some people follow any religion, and some do not do. Many Hindus do not have tilak on their heads. Are they not Hindus? This is personal faith. Why is an attempt to make it normal? ‘
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Paswan said, ‘I am also talking about my colleagues. If you are saying that they are doing this, then I do not agree with such politics. I believe that instead of talking about Hindus and Muslims, there are other big things that need to be noted. ‘
