Jharkhand Govt allots Namaz hall in Assembly premises, BJP demands order withdrawal

Jharkhand:

A controversy has erupted in Jharkhand after the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government ordered the allotment of a “namaz hall” on the Assembly premises, BJP leader and former Chief Minister Raghubar Das demanded withdrawal of the order and construction of Humanuman Temple instead, Hindustan times reported.

“The speaker should immediately get a grand Hanuman temple constructed on the assembly premises so that Hindu devotees can recite Hanuman Chalisa there. Worship halls must be earmarked for people of other religions. The temple of democracy should remain so," BJP leader said.  

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The letter reads that “the temple of democracy should remain the temple of democracy. We are against any such order."

The order was issued by speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto on September 2 and became public two days later. A notification, signed by the Jharkhand legislative assembly deputy secretary Naveen Kumar by order of the speaker, read, "Allotment of room number TW 348 as Namaz Hall for offering Namaz in the new Assembly Building."

BJP leader Raghubar Das said the BJP will launch an agitation if the speaker’s decision of allotment of a separate namaz hall was not withdrawn.