Class 10 students appearing for the Bangla language examination at Akna Union High School in Hooghly on Monday were asked to write a newspaper report on how the 'Jai Shri Ram' chant was spreading unrest in society, and how the West Bengal government's decision to refund 'cut-money' was a brave move.
Terming chanting Jai Shri Ram as a "normal thing", suspended Kerala DGP Jacob Thomas on Friday said there was nothing wrong in associating with the RSS. Thomas also said the RSS was not a political party but the largest NGO engaged in "nation-building." Recently, Thomas was at loggerheads with the previous Congress-led United Democratic Front government and the present CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front,
Khalid, the 15-year-old boy whose family had alleged that he was set ablaze by four men when he refused to chant "Jai Shri Ram" here, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.
Incidents of violence over raising religious slogans are still on a rise. In a fresh case, a Muslim boy in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh was set on fire by a group of people after he refused to chant Jai Shri Ram. The minor boy was admitted to a hospital with severe burn injuries and his condition is stated to be critical. Meanwhile, the police have said the boy's statement is contradictory.
There was no restriction in Islam to say "Jai Shri Ram", said Sayed Mominul Awal, spokesman of the Assam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), here on Sunday. "Muslims can say 'Jai Shri Ram'. Ram was a king for which we talk about Ram Rajya. Ram was an epoch-maker. There can't be any restriction on saying 'Jai Shri Ram'," said Awal, the Assam Minority Development Board Chairman.
'Jai Shri Ram' or victory to Lord Ram is a religious chant to hail one of the most popular gods in Hinduism has now turned into a rallying call and a tool of Hindu mobilisation for the BJP across the country and in Bengal where the saffron party has gained massive political prominence in the last few years.
After the Tuesday night incident, "fake" videos and photographs of Hindu-Muslim riots were being circulated on the social media to vitiate the atmosphere, police said on Thursday, adding they have increased vigil to avoid any untoward incident.
The TMC MP said the lynch mobs had turned "Lord Ram's name into murder cry" and termed mob lynchers "nothing but enemies if our country" and "terrorists".
Two Muslim men were allegedly threatened after they refused to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' in Maharashtra's Aurangabad. According to the two men, two miscreants threatened them with dire consequences after they refused to chant the religious slogans. The incident was caught on a nearby CCTV camera.
The Jai Shri Ram controversy just refuses to die down. After a spate of cases reported from throughout the country, another has emerged. This time, it is Maharashtra.
Citing a complaint lodged by the cleric, SP Shailesh Kumar Pandey said Imam Imlaq-ur-Rehman, a Muzaffarnagar resident, was going to his village on his motorcycle on Saturday, when nearly 12 youngsters accosted him, beat him up and also pulled his beard.
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Madrassa students in UP's Unnao beaten up, forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'
In continuation to violence over chanting 'Jai Shri Ram', a student of class 1 in West Bengal was thrashed by his school teacher after he chanted the slogan inside the school premises. The father of the student, meanwhile, has refrained from filing a police complaint in this regard, fearing the safety of his son at school.
In yet another shocking incident, a student was allegedly beaten by his teacher for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram', in a school in Howrah district of West Bengal on Wednesday.
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A 26-year-old madrasa teacher has alleged that he was thrashed and pushed off a moving train in daylight by a group for not chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' on Thursday.
"Two cops, one Sub Inspector and one Assistant Sub Inspector, have been suspended for dereliction of duty. Five people have been arrested so far," said a Deputy Superintendent of Police to IANS over the phone, asking not to be named.
A cleric alleged that a car hit him in Delhi's Aman Vihar on Friday after he refused to heed to the demand of its three occupants to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.
Asaduddin Owaisi is a three-time Member of Parliament (MP), representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha.
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