NCP (Sharad faction) MLA Jitendra Awhad has said that Sanatan Dharma ruined India. There was never any religion named Sanatan Dharma. Its ideology is distorted. We are followers of Hinduism.
He alleged- This so-called Sanatan Dharma deprived our Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj of coronation, maligning Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. Its followers tried to kill Jyotirao Phule.
Awhad said that dung and dirt were thrown at Savitribai Phule. This Sanatan Dharma conspired to kill Shahuji Maharaj. This did not let Dr. BR Ambedkar drink water and go to school.
Awhad also said that Babasaheb Ambedkar was the only one who woke up against Sanatan Dharma, burnt Manusmriti and dismissed her repressive traditions.
This statement of Awhad has come amid the acquittal of all the 7 accused of Malegaon Blast and the ongoing political debate on saffron terrorism. There was a blast on 29 September 2008 in Malegaon, Maharashtra. It killed 6 people and around 100 people were injured. The Malegaon blast case was initially investigated by Maharashtra ATS. In 2011, the case was handed over to the NIA.
July 31: All accused of Malegaon Blast acquitted
All the 7 accused of Maharashtra’s Malegaon blast case were acquitted by the NIA Special Court on 31 July. After the decision, Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan had said that the words ‘Sanatan’ or ‘Hindutva’ should be used for terrorists instead of using the word ‘saffron’.
The ‘Sanatan’ organization in my Chief Minister Kaal (Maharashtra) was involved in terrorist activities. I sent a confidential report to the Union Home Ministry to ban this organization. In the same context, I used the word ‘Sanatan’, because the work of that organization was of terrorist tendency. This organization should have been banned.
August 1: BJP accused Congress
BJP MP Sambit Patra targeted the Congress on 1 August for the use of words like saffron terrorism and eternal terrorist.
He had said- Congress leader Prithviraj Chauhan has said two things. Terrorism has no religion, which is a symbol of appeasement. At the same time, they also use words like Hindu terrorist or eternal terrorist. Sushil Kumar Shinde used the word ‘saffron terror’ at one of his conferences.
A few years ago, when Shinde was asked if he still finds it right to use the word ‘saffron terror’, he smiled and said that the party leadership asked him to use the word.
We all know what they were talking about. The Gandhi family pressured him to use the word ‘saffron terror’.
