Guest guest Posted December 2, 2000 Report Share Posted December 2, 2000 >OFBJP Admin <BJP-News >vaidika1008 >[bJP News]: BJP condemns misuse of Hindu deities' images >Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:00:33 -0500 > >Title: BJP condemns misuse of Hindu deities' images >Author: PTI >Publication: Rediff >November 18, 2000 > > The Bharatiya Janata Party Saturday condemned the >action > of an American company, which decorated toilet seats >with > "images of Hindu deities". > > "It is a disquieting news. A Seattle-based US company >is > marketing toilet seats under its series - Sacred Seat > Collection - with images of Hindu gods Ganesh and Kali. >A contemptible thing to > be strongly condemned by all," party vice president >Pyarelal Khandelwal said in > a statement in New Delhi. > > He said the ink of the resolution passed by the United >Nations General Assembly > acknowledging the equality of all religions has not yet >dried. "And here we see a > group of people deliberately denigrating Hindu gods, >knowing that they are held > sacred by Hindus all over the world," he said. > > Senior party leader J P Mathur said there appears to be >a conspiracy by certain > sections of a religious group to attack the Hindu >community. > > He said what has been done "is not in good taste and it >is an insult to our religion > and religious sentiments". > > Various other Hindu organisations also expressed >outrage over the depiction of > Hindu deities on the toilet seats. > > The Vishwa Hindu Parishad claimed that the company had >withdrawn its > advertisements for the product following protests. > > "It (the portrayal of Gods on toilet seats) has hurt >Hindu feelings," RSS > spokesman M G Vaidya told PTI. > > Shiv Sena northern region chief Jai Bhagwan Goyal asked >the Seattle-based > company which is marketing the seats to withdraw its >products from the market. > > He also threatened to stage demonstrations at the >American Embassy in New > Delhi in protest against this "attempt to denigrate and >humiliate Hindus". > > "We will not allow anyone to insult our Gods," he said. > > VHP senior vice-president Giriraj Kishore claimed that >the company has > withdrawn its advertisements for the product following >protests from the > American branch of the Sangh Parivar outfit. > > "We are insisting on an unconditional apology from >them, failing which we will > launch an agitation and sue the American firm," Kishore >told PTI. >---- > http://www.ofbjp.org >---- >A worldwide community of BJP's friends, supporters and activists: >Friends of the BJP - Worldwide: http://www.ofbjp.org/fob >featuring Monthly Chat: Second Saturday of every month, >10 AM Eastern US time (calculate local time accordingly) >---- > > ______________________________\ _____ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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