OBC Mahasabha burns copies of Ramcharitmanas to point out assist for Swami Prasad Maurya

On Sunday, January 29, Akhil Bharatiya OBC Mahasabha burnt the copies of Ramcharitmanas written by poet and saint Tulsidas within the Vrindavan Yojana of the PGI Kotwali space of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The OBC Mahasabha members introduced their assist to Samajwadi Party chief Swami Prasad Maurya who just lately stirred controversy by saying that the Ramcharitmanas needs to be banned. 

In the viral video, the protesting OBC Mahasabha members alleged that the holy Hindu scripture incorporates a number of Chaupai (verses) towards girls and the Shudras. The video has since gone viral on social media.

Copies of Shri Ramcharitmanas are being burnt Publically in Lucknow.

Slap each Samajwadi who cries for FoE since right now.

Action wanted .@Uppolice .@myogiadityanath Ji🙏pic.twitter.com/q7iu1htgdS

— The Analyzer (News Updates🗞️) (@Indian_Analyzer) January 29, 2023

This comes after Samajwadi Party chief Swami Prasad Maurya claimed that sure parts of the Ramcharitmanas “insult” a big part of society on the idea of caste and demanded that these be “banned”.

On January 22, Maurya, whereas chatting with a information channel, mentioned that Ramcharitamanas, written by Goswami Tulsidas within the seventeenth century, promoted social discrimination and unfold hatred.

“Religion is meant for the welfare of humanity and for strengthening it. If there is any insult to a section of society due to certain lines in the Ramcharitamanas on the basis of ‘jaati’, ‘varn’ and ‘varg’, then it is certainly not ‘dharma’, it is ‘adharma’. There are certain lines in which names of castes such as ‘teli’ and ‘kumhaar’ are mentioned,” mentioned the SP chief. He added that Tulsidas wrote the e-book for his personal pleasure whereas demanding a ban on the “objectionable portions” of the Ramcharitmanas.

On January 24, an FIR beneath sections 153A, 295A, 298, 504, 505(2) of the IPC was registered towards Swami Prasad Maurya in connection along with his remarks on Ramcharitramanas. 

The Samajwadi Party chief once more sparked controversy on January 27 by calling Hindu seers as ‘Aatanki’, ‘Mahashaitan’, and ‘Jallad’.

In a tweet posted on January 27 in Hindi, the SP chief wrote, “Recently, some religious contractors have declared a reward for those who cut my tongue and head; if someone else had said the same thing, the same contractor would have called him a terrorist, but now these saints, mahants, religious leaders, and caste-specific leaders have declared a reward for those who cut my tongue and head. What do you call such people aatanki, mahashaitan or jallads.”

अभी हाल में मेंरे दिये गये बयान पर कुछ धर्म के ठेकेदारों ने मेरी जीभ काटने एवं सिर काटने वालों को इनाम घोषित किया है, अगर यही बात कोई और कहता तो यही ठेकेदार उसे आतंकवादी कहते, किंतु अब इन संतों, महंतों, धर्माचार्यों व जाति विशेष लोगों को क्या कहा जाए आतंकवादी, महाशैतान या जल्लाद।

— Swami Prasad Maurya (@SwamiPMaurya) January 27, 2023

It is notable that Swami Prasad Maurya had courted controversy again in 2017 as properly when there was a nationwide debate occurring across the regressive follow of Triple Talaq (banned in 2019). At that point, Maurya made controversial remarks about Muslims when he mentioned that Muslim males use triple talaq to fulfill their lust by altering wives. 

“These talaqs have no basis. If someone only for satisfying his lust keeps changing his wives and forces his own wife and children to beg on the streets, then no one will call this as right,” Maurya had mentioned again then.