UP Minister Satish Sharma was caught on digicam washing his arms at a Shivling
Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh:
Uttar Pradesh Minister Satish Sharma confronted huge flak from the Opposition at present after a video of him washing his arms at a Shivling in Barabanki’s Lodheshwar Mahadev temple surfaced on-line.
The video confirmed the Minister of State for Meals and Civil Provides washing his arms within the ‘argha‘, or the bottom of the Shivling, with the assistance of a priest.
The Congress and the Samajwadi Occasion have demanded the minister’s resignation for “insulting Sanatan dharma”.
Nevertheless, Satish Sharma countered the allegations saying he did nothing flawed and that if he have been flawed, the priest would have stopped him.
Aditya Tiwari, the temple priest, mentioned that the minister had achieved nothing flawed and added that because the minister had “prasad” in his hand, he helped him wash them within the “argha” of the Shivling.
“Minister Satish Sharma was holding sandalwood and different issues after performing the puja. When he requested to clean his arms, they have been washed subsequent to the Shivling as a result of it was within the type of ‘prasad‘. There’s nothing flawed on this,” Mr Tiwari instructed PTI.
The incident came about on August 27, when Mr Sharma visited the temple with Public Works Division Minister Jitin Prasada.
Satish Sharma and Jitin Prasada have been within the Hetmapur village of Ramnagar tehsil to distribute aid materials to the flood victims and stopped to wish on the temple.
“The minister ought to know what he’s doing. Will we wash our arms once we supply water and pay our respects? The minister has insulted Sanatan dharma,” UP Congress President Ajay Rai mentioned.
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Congress chief Surendra Rajput mentioned Satish Sharma insulted Lord Shiva and should be sacked.
“Washing arms within the ‘argha’ of the Shivling is an unrighteous act. Solely those that don’t care about Sanatan dharma can do that. The BJP minister has insulted Lord Shiva. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ought to sack him for this anti-religious act,” he mentioned.
Samajwadi Occasion chief and former MLC Sunil Singh Sajan mentioned that if the chief had been from another caste, the BJP would have expelled him by now.
“When will Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expel this ‘adharmi (godless)’ minister? That is the actual character of the BJP. First, they’ll ask for votes within the identify of faith after which do such issues,” Mr Sajan mentioned.
The Opposition is unnecessarily blowing up the matter, Satish Sharma instructed information company PTI.
“I’m a Sanatani Shiv bhakt (devotee). I do know very effectively what is correct and what’s flawed. The Opposition is unnecessarily blowing up the difficulty,” he mentioned.
“I did what I felt was proper. It was not my intention to harm anybody. Had I been flawed, the priest wouldn’t have washed my arms,” the BJP minister added.