After over 30 rallies throughout Maharashtra, the Sakal Hindu Samaj, an umbrella physique of Hindu organisations, held the Mumbai chapter of the Hindu Jan Aakrosh Morcha on Sunday morning, amid requires legal guidelines towards non secular conversions and alleged ‘love jihad’, and a boycott of products from outlets owned by members of the minority group.
Sunday’s occasion was attended by a number of high celebration leaders and members of the Maharashtra authorities, together with BJP MLA and the celebration’s Mumbai president Ashish Shelar, BJP MP from Mumbai North Gopal Shetty, BJP MP from Mumbai North East Manoj Kotak, MLC Pravin Darekar, BJP secretary Vinod Shelar, and Sheetal Mhatre, former corporator and now member of Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena.
BJP chief Kirit Somaiya seen throughout the march. (Specific picture by Eeshanpriya MS)
Final week, Maharashtra Minister for Ladies and Youngster Growth Mangal Prabhat Lodha had urged Mumbaikars to affix the rally in massive numbers.
The rally, which began at 10 am from Shivaji Park in Dadar, noticed the members strolling round 2.7 kilometers by means of Central Mumbai till Kamgar Maidan in Prabhadevi.
In response to estimates of the Mumbai police, roughly 10,000 to 12,000 residents participated within the rally.
The Hindu Jan Aakrosh Morcha had began with an enormous rally in Parbhani district within the Marathwada area in November final 12 months.
Activists shouted slogans towards “love jihad”, and demanded anti-conversion legal guidelines. (Specific picture by Ganesh Shirsekar)
Outfits such because the RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Sanatan Sangha, Vanvasi Kalyan, Rajput Youth Entrance, Karni Sena and
All India Maheshwar Samaj have organised themselves below the banner of the Sakal Hindu Samaj.
On Sunday, BJP MLA Shelar, who was current on the rally, stated, “When Hindu girls are torn to items, the Hindu household and all of us bear this with unhappiness. These protesters have come out to precise this unhappiness. Everybody should preserve their politics apart and be part of this rally…The federal government will take a choice on the proper time (on love jihad, land jihad). However the anger of the society is popping out now, and in a disciplined method within the type of these protests.”
Slogans towards compelled conversion of Hindu girls written on placards carried by these taking part within the march. (Specific picture by Eeshanpriya MS)
Addressing the group at Kamgar Maidan, the place the rally ended, T Raja Singh, MLA and suspended BJP chief, whereas urging Hindus to boycott items from outlets run by members of the Muslim group, stated, “It’s time the Hindu group stands up towards the domination by these folks. There’s anger within the hearts and minds of individuals… Our sisters and daughters are falling prey to the systematic designs of the opposite group.”
Many supporting the march additionally protested ‘land jihad’, a time period they gave to land grabbing within the identify of faith. (Specific picture by Eeshanpriya MS)
Over the previous three months, such rallies have been organised throughout Maharashtra, in over 20 districts, together with Parbhani, Nanded, Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Gadchiroli, Satara, Karad, Sangli, Solapur, Pune, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nagpur, Amravati, Hingoli, Buldhana and Jalna.
