Last Updated: January 30, 2023, 18:07 IST
Yogi Adityanath was talking on the ’Banjara Kumbh 2023’ occasion in Jamner in Jalgaon district. (File Photo: @myogiadityanath)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath mentioned now we have to do away with caste and regional discrimination and never use any divisive tactic
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday mentioned no energy on this planet may cease India’s progress if we do away with caste and regional discrimination.
The UP CM was talking on the ’Banjara Kumbh 2023’ occasion in Jamner in Jalgaon district, some 415 kilometres from right here. A lot of leaders from the Banjara group in addition to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh functionaries had been in attendance.
”We must do away with caste and regional discrimination and never use any divisive tactic, then no energy on this planet can cease our progress,” Adityanath mentioned.
Touching upon the subject of spiritual conversions, the UP CM mentioned his state had a stringent regulation towards such actions with offenders liable to be jailed for so long as 10 years.
The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act got here into drive within the nation’s most populous state in November 2020.
”There are some individuals with deceitful mindsets who perform spiritual conversions, however now we have to work collectively to cease them. With Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas (prosperity for all with everybody’s efforts and belief), we are able to defeat their goal,” Adityanath mentioned.
”In Uttar Pradesh, no person can perform (fraudulent or illegal) spiritual conversion now. If discovered doing so, an offender will face jail for 10 years. However, if some convert needs to come back again (ghar wapsi), the regulation shouldn’t be relevant (won’t penalise) on such individuals. He or she will be able to once more turn out to be Hindu,” he claimed.
He additionally claimed the nation was blessed with ’sanatan dharm’, which is the oldest faith on this planet and paves the way in which for welfare of humanity.
Sanatan dharm means humanity, Adityanath asserted.
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