Prayagraj: The saints at the Dharma Sansad in the ongoing Magh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, have demanded that India should be declared a Hindu Rashtra, Subhas Chandra Bose should be named as the country’s first prime minister and capital punishment for conversion which should be treated as treason.
“There can be no father of the nation. There can be the son of the nation, but not the father of the nation,” Sumeru Peethadheeshwar Jagadguru Swami Narendranand Saraswati.
“The first Prime Minister of the country was Subhas Chandra Bose, his leadership was accepted by many countries. In such a situation, he should be declared the first Prime Minister of the country,” he added, IANS reported.
Jagadguru said the historians have presented wrong facts before the countrymen “due to which today's generation is confused”.
Jagadguru, the chief guest of the sammelan, said the “government may not declare India as a Hindu nation, but all Hindus should start writing and terming the country a Hindu Rashtra”.
“By doing so, the government would be compelled to declare the country a Hindu nation,” he added.
Jagadguru said Islamic jihad is a “big threat to the humanity and the world”.
“To crush it, the policy of China will have to be adopted and it can be stopped by imposing sanctions as China has done. 'Sanatani' are the target of everyone and for this, it is necessary that the system of equal education and equal justice is implemented in the country,” he said.
Demanding that there is a need to end government takeover of Hindu monasteries and temples, Jagadguru said: “If monasteries and temples are being acquired by the government then mosques and churches should also be acquired.”
Asserting that “Muslims are not a minority”, Jagadguru said action should be taken to “withdraw their minority status”.
Jagadguru further said the life of revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev should be “included in the curriculum of schools”.
“Provision should be made for capital punishment by keeping conversion in the category of treason,” he added.
Meanwhile, Mahamandaleshwar Annapurna Bharti of Niranjani Akhara said the religious leaders were put in jail when they spoke some words for their safety in Haridwar’s Dharma Sansad.
“It was said that this has hurt the sentiments of the people of a particular religion, but when Tauqeer Raza gathered a crowd of 20,000 in Bareilly and spewed poison against Sanatan Dharma, no action was taken,” Bharti said.
“Did it not hurt our sentiments? Owaisi's threatening video is released but no action has been taken,” she added.
Bharti appealed to the saints and devotees present to write a letter to the government for the release of Mahamandaleshwar Narasimhanand Yeti and Jitendra Narain Singh Tyagi (former name Wasim Rizvi).
Shakti Peethadhishwar Swami Lalitananda on his part said every child is a Hindu by birth.
“Later, his rituals changed. We have left our culture only then others are adopting it,” he added.
The saints also said that “patriotic” Muslims were part of the family and a decision to intensify their “homecoming” campaign would continue.
Swami Sindhu Sagar said that Hindus have no hatred towards Muslims, adding the Muslims like former president Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam are respected.
Mahamandaleshwar Yatindranand Giri, who presided over the sammelan, said that Lord Krishna was born in jail.
“If the doors of the jail are opening for the saints, then understand that we have succeeded in our objective. Most of the Muslims of India are Hindus and were forced to convert. The blood of Hindus and Muslims is one,” he added.