New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has targeted Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s open statement on Namaz. He said that it would have been better if this restriction was on every religion, but the policy of selecting and sorting shows that a particular religion is under target. He said that Jammu and Kashmir will not join this India.
What did CM Khattar say?
In Gurugram, Haryana, there has been an open protest against the Friday prayers for weeks. Meanwhile, yesterday CM Manohar Lal Khattar said that offering Namaz in the open will not be tolerated. CM Khattar said that the district administration’s earlier decision to reserve some places for prayers in open spaces has been withdrawn and the state government will now find an amicable solution to the issue.
Responding to a question on objections raised by several right-wing organizations on offering Namaz in open spaces in Gurugram, the Chief Minister said in Gurugram, “Open offering Namaz in Gurugram will not be tolerated…”.
“Everyone should get the facility (prayer) but no one should violate the rights of others, it will not be allowed,” Khattar said. On withdrawing the district administration’s decision to fix some places for Namaz in open places, he said, “We have asked the police and the Deputy Commissioner to sort out the matter. No one has. trouble with.”
“Religious places are built for the purpose of people visiting and offering prayers there,” he said. Such programs should not be held in the open.” Khattar said,
“Fights should be avoided by offering Namaz in open places, we will not allow clashes (between both the sides).” In the past few months, members of some Hindu organizations gather at places where people from the Muslim community offer prayers in open spaces and chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Jai Shri Ram. However, for the past few weeks, prayers have been offered at the places permitted under the permission. police protection,” he added
Omar Abullah Retort
“The statement of Haryana Chief Minister and his decision is completely wrong,” Abdullah told reporters after a party program in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
“If this restriction was on every religion I would have accepted it, but from this choice and selection it is clear that the target is a particular religion which is not permitted by the constitution of this country,” he said.
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