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In India, a minister from the Delhi region recently resigned after being accused by Hindu nationalists of sowing hatred against Hindus. The elect participated last week in a Buddhist gathering where hundreds of low-caste Hindus converted to Buddhism. A fact that deeply unsettles Hindu nationalists.
With our correspondent in New Delhi, Sebastian Farcis
The ceremony brought together thousands of people in the capital last Wednesday. On stage, Buddhist monks and singers are calling the public to ” join the buddha “.
These audiences are low caste Hindus, who are discriminated against in Hinduism. And they made vows of repentance, which made them no longer recognize the Hindu gods. It is these promises that plague the Hindu nationalist BJP party, which rules at the federal level. This one asserts that not recognizing these gods represents a act against hindu “.
These Hindus accused MP Rajendra Pal Gautam, who sang this song, of spreading this hatred. But this politician, who is a regional minister opposed to the BJP, and himself a Buddhist, refutes: the promises made here, he says, were written by one of the drafters of the Indian Constitution, Bhimrao Ambedkar, and have been repeated in India for years. In addition, the Constitution, he concluded, guarantees freedom of worship. However, this minister resigned so as not to hinder the campaign of his Aam Admi party in another area (Gujarat).
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