BJP dares Bihar government to ban VHP meeting

Three Bihar ministers have threatened to take action if VHP leader Pravin Togadia delivers a ‘hate speech’ in Patna.

The Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Bihar have challenged the state government to ban the ongoing meeting of Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Patna ‘if it has guts’.

After three Bihar ministers threatened to take action against VHP leader Pravin Togadia if he spreads communal hatred with his speeches during the ongoing meeting, the BJP has challenged the state government to ban it.

”The BJP challenges the state government to ban the VHP meeting,” former deputy chief minister of state Sushil Kumar Modi told reporters.

Modi said the ministers of Bihar have nothing to say on anything else and they’re targeting the VHP meeting only for publicity.

Earlier, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav had said that the state police will take action if Togadia delivers a ‘hate speech’ or does anything that harms communal harmony.

Tejashwi is the younger son of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad.

Bihar Education Minister Ashok Choudhary also said that the government will strictly deal with Togadia and the VHP if they attempt to spread hatred and try to create communal tension.

Going a step further, Bihar Minority Welfare Minister Abdul Ghafoor said that the government will ban the VHP meeting, if required, in view of likely communal trouble.

Gafoor, who is an RJD leader, said that the VHP and its leader Togadia have a single point agenda to create social division and hatred.

“The VHP is closely associated with the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also a product of the VHP,” he said.

In early 2000s, when Lalu was in power, he did not allow Togadia to step a foot in Bihar.

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