‘Baap Ka Raaj Hai?’: Tejashwi Yadav Slams Bihar BJP MLA For Asking Muslims To ‘Keep Indoors’ On Holi | India Information
Bihar Holi Row: The competition of color Holi and Friday prayers fall on the identical day this yr and thus there have been issues over the legislation and order scenario. Days after Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath backed Sambhal CO who requested Muslims to remain indoors on Holi if they’re afraid of colors, an identical assertion was made by Bihar BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul.
Nonetheless, his comment drew sharp criticism from Chief of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav who even urged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to file an FIR in opposition to him.
“I wish to enchantment to Muslims there are 52 jummas (Fridays) in a yr. The one this week coincides with Holi. So, they need to let Hindus have fun the competition and never take offence if colors are smeared on them. If they’ve such an issue, they need to keep indoors. That is important for sustaining communal concord,” stated Bachaul, the MLA from Bisfi meeting.
The MLA additional stated, “They (Muslims) have all the time had double requirements. They’re blissful to make cash by organising stalls promoting abir-gulaal (colored powders), but when a couple of stains land on their garments, they begin fearing dozakh (hell).”
Nonetheless, in a pointy retort, Tejashwi reminded Bachaul, “It isn’t his father’s rule (baap ka raj). There ought to be an FIR in opposition to him for making an attempt to whip up communal pressure”.
The RJD chief additional added, “Bachaul ought to keep in mind that is Bihar, the place designs of RSS-BJP and Sangh Parivar have usually been foiled. He thinks he can strike terror into our Muslim brethren. However ours is a land the place each single Muslim could be protected by not less than 5 to 6 Hindus.”
ई बिहार है बिहार! यहाँ एक-एक मुसलमान के समर्थन और सुरक्षा में पाँच-पाँच हिंदू खड़ा है। संविधान का मखौल मत उड़ाओं, अपनी हद और औकात में रहो।
जब तक बिहार में राजद और लालू जी के विचार को मानने वाले लोग हैं। हम कोई दंगा नहीं होने देंगे। चाहे इसके बदले सत्ता मिले या सत्ता चली जाए।… pic.twitter.com/VtIx4eoh4t
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) March 10, 2025
Reacting to BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul’s enchantment to Muslims to remain indoors on Holi, Congress MLA Anand Shankar stated, “The way in which monsters would intrude in ‘havan’, ‘puja’ in historical occasions, at current, such persons are the folks of BJP, they intrude in festivals, attempt to divide folks on faith, caste, take political profit, and that’s how they operate. This nation runs via the Structure and if it’s so, they need to not communicate such issues. I urge the CM to take cognisance and take motion.”
Nonetheless, state minority affairs minister and JD(U) chief Zama Khan asserted that ‘there might be no untoward incident. The administration has been clearly instructed to make sure concord through the festive season’.
