Web Desk: Anil Vij, a minister of the Indian state of Haryana, has made a controversial statement saying that every citizen of India should be taught the Bhagavad Gita in every school.
“This is our Sanskrit, Dharma and Vachhar Dhara,” he said, arguing for the Bhagavad Gita to be made compulsory.
Anil Vij is an Indian politician and a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), serving as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana.
According to independent research, this statement by Anil Vij is another clear example of the systematic effort of the RSS-BJP to turn India into a Hindu Rashtra.
This is not just a matter of culture or morality, but under a well-thought-out plan, a religious book of a particular religion is being imposed on the entire population, including minorities.
According to research, through this campaign to include the Bhagavad Gita in educational institutions, the Sangh Parivar is trying to erase the difference between the state and religion.
For Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and other minority children, this move is not just educational but is taking the form of cultural erasure, in which they are being pressured to adopt the majority Hindutva ideology.
According to analysts, such policies expose the real agenda of the BJP-RSS nexus, which aims to mold the minds of new generations to a specific religious ideology, rewrite India’s true identity, and normalize religious supremacy.
The Bhagavad Gita is a Hindu scripture written centuries ago which forms part of the epic poem Mahabharata.
It is an influential religious text in Hinduism that takes the form of a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and Krishna, an avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. It was likely composed in the 1st or 2nd century CE.
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