Video of Chandrashekhar praising Islam surfaces after Ramcharitmanas feedback

Amidst the Ramcharitmanas controversy, one other video clip of Bihar’s controversial Education Minister Chandrashekhar has emerged on social media. In the video clip, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief is seen praising Islam and calling it the one faith to advocate love and peace.

In the video clip, Chandrashekhar whereas talking to a media particular person mentioned, “Mohabbat (love) aur Imaan (faith) ka paigaam (message) dene wala akela Islam hai.”

As the video clip began doing rounds on social media, BJP slammed the Bihar Education Minister.

Sharing the viral clip, Nikhil Anand, National General Secretary of BJP’s OBC Morcha accused RJD of doing appeasement politics, he additionally took a dig at CM Nitish Kumar who had earlier distanced himself from the Ramcharitmanas controversy.

“Listen to this statement of Education Minister Chandrashekharji- Islam is the only one who gives the message of love and faith. The Education Minister gave a statement to appease Muslims under the agenda of RJD’s appeasement politics! ‘Mr maloom nahi chief minister’, why are you silent on your cabinet minister’s statement?” Anand tweeted.

शिक्षामंत्री चंद्रशेखरजी का यह बयान भी सुनिए- “मोहब्बत और ईमान का पैगाम देने वाला ‘अकेला’ इस्लाम है”

शिक्षामंत्री ने राजद के तुष्टीकरण वाली राजनीतिक के एजेंडे के तहत मुसलमानों को खुश करने के लिए बयान दिया!

‘मिस्टर मालूम नहीं मुख्यमंत्री’, कैबिनेट मंत्री के बयान पर चुप क्यों? pic.twitter.com/oSc3tWwCO3

— Nikhil Anand (@NikhilAnandBJP) January 15, 2023

It is pertinent to notice that the viral video clip is taken from an extended video from final 12 months. On the event of Eid-ul-Fitr 2022, the RJD MLA was at an Eid-Milan occasion in Madhepura. During the occasion, Chandrashekhar had showered praises on Islam and in addition mentioned that the folks of  Madhepura and Bihar need to chase out the ‘enemies of peace’ because the nation belongs to everybody.

“Islam is the only religion that propagates the message of love and faith. I want to tell this to everyone and to the people of Madhepura and Bihar that we have to chase out the enemies of peace, we all have together made this country, this country does not belong to anyone’s father (kisi ek ke bap ka dash nahi hai), that is why those who spread hatred should rot and the people of faith should be hailed (Nafrat failaney waalon ki kshay ho aur Imaan waalon ki jai ho),” Chandrashekhar mentioned.

Notably, Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar had just lately stoked controversy after he made derogatory feedback in regards to the holy Hindu scripture Ramcharitmanas in the course of the fifteenth convocation ceremony of the Nalanda Open University in Patna. He claimed that the verse within the Ramcharitmanas ‘Adham jati me vidya paye, bhayatu yatha dudh pilaye’ means ‘Lower caste people become poisonous after getting education like snake becomes after drinking milk’.

The Bihar training minister went on to say that Ramcharitmanas stop Dalits, decrease castes, and ladies from getting an training, and due to this fact it must be burnt. Dr. Chandrashekhar additional mentioned that RSS is spreading hatred within the nation.

It pertinent to say that the verse Chandrashekhar quoted is an typically intentionally misinterpreted translation of the verse as a result of the phrase toxic doesn’t seem within the verse as claimed. It signifies that similar to the snake feels pleased after ingesting milk, the speaker – who’s referring to himself as adham jati – additionally feels pleased after getting training.

Despite the outrage, Chandrashekhar refused to withdraw his controversial feedback. Besides, Bihar CM when questioned by the media in regards to the matter tried to distance himself claiming that he’s not conscious of the matter.