India: Banners prohibiting the entry of non-Hindus have been put up outside in over 150 temples in Chakrata Road, Suddhowala and Prem Nagar areas of Uttarakhand’s Dehradun.”This premise is a holy place of Hindus. Entry of non-Hindus impermissible here,” the banner reads.
Notably, the banners have been put up by right-wing outfit Hindu Yuva Vahini members in response to a Bahujan Samaj Party MLA’s threat who had proclaimed that he would remove posters banning entry of non-Hindus at the Dasna Devi temple in Ghaziabad, where a Muslim boy was beaten up for drinking water. After the Dasna incident sparked outrage, Dhaulana BSP MLA Aslam Chaudhry had claimed that the temple belongs to his ancestors and he would remove the banner.
Uttarakhand general secretary of Hindu Yuva Vahini, Jeetu Randhawa, told The Times of India, ”In order to counter Aslam’s threat, we will now put up such such posters outside every temple in Uttarakhand. The temple is a revered place for people who believe in the Sanatan dharma and hence, only those people who belong to this religion will be allowed inside.”
Similar posters are being planned in several other temples across the state by Hindu Yuva Vahini, as per a report by The Times of India.
