Firebrand BJP leader Uma Bharati today charged that only Hindus were targetted over questionable practices in the name of religion.
“I do not wish to say anything on Nirmal Baba issue, neither in favour of him nor against him. But I do feel there is a widespread tendency to target Hindus when it comes to questionable practices in the name of religion”, Bharati told reporters here.
Bharati’s comments came in the wake of a spate of complaints of fraud against Nirmaljeet Singh, alias Nirmal
Baba, a well-known godman who is also a close relative of former Assembly Speaker of Jharkhand and currently an Independent MP Inder Singh Namdhari.
She said “there are several instances of congregations being held by religious leaders from other faiths where they reportedly perform miracles to alleviate the sufferings of their followers. Such gatherings, which bear a striking similarity to the Nirmal Darbar, are held in the US.
A well-known evangelist from South India is also known to be holding similar congregations. But nobody raises a voice against them. That is something I cannot approve of”.
Even on the question of animal sacrifice, there has been a lot of diatribe against the Hindu practice of Bali, though it is well-known that some other major religions of the world are also known to indulge in slaughter of animals on a large scale for celebration of festivals, Bharati said adding “why is it that it is always the Hindus who are placed in the dock”?