BJP MLA Mithilesh Kumar was seen distributing ‘Swords’ in the Sitamarhi constituency of Bihar during the Dussehra festivities.
The leader distributed swords and Ramayana amid local ‘pandals’ to equip them for ‘Hindutva Raksha’. Opposition leaders have openly slammed the act of instigating a majoritarian population against minority communities, but the MLA said that there is ‘nothing wrong’ and it’s a ‘historical tradition’.
Stirring up communal prejudices, the videos of Mithilesh Kumar have made several rounds on different social media platforms in which he is defining the reasons of distributing ‘Shstra’ (weapons) with ‘Shaastra’ (religious scriptures) together. In the video MLA can be seen taking weapons out from his vehicle in Saffron dress, marigold garland, and a muffler with a bow printed on it in colour red.
‘All these scriptures, defense sciences, astronomy, geology, science and geography are Indian in their roots and belong to our nation. You also know that religious scriptures and weapons are ‘not a big deal’ for us,’ told Mithilesh, describing his purpose to a local reporter.
Quoting religious text he said that there are always some people in our society with ‘Asuri Pravritti’(devilious nature), therefore since old times we have been worshiping weapons every Durga Puja because it’s important for ‘Dharma-Raksha’.
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