VHP says its activists won't participate in MNS's Hanuman Chalisa event in Maha

The Vishva Hindu Parishad VHP on Sunday dismissed as fake and baseless the reports that its activists and those of the Bajrang Dal will participate in an event to be organised by the MNS to play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers outside the mosques in Maharashtra on May 3In a veiled attack at the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS the RSSaffiliate also dubbed as propaganda politics the reports about the participation of its activists and those of the Bajrang Dal in the proposed event of the party saying the VHP neither supports any political party nor participates in their political programmesNeither the VHP nor the Bajrang Dal have extended any support to the MNS Hanuman Chalisa event All the news coming in about the VHP and Bajrang Dal activists to be participating in the MNSs programme is fake baseless and far from the truth VHP National Spokesperson Vinod Bansal told PTIHe said that the VHP does not participate in any programme organised by any political partyVHP is an apolitical organisation It does not support any political party he saidThe VHPs clarification comes following reports in a section of media claiming that the rightwing outfit and its youth wing Bajrang Dal have agreed to participate in the proposed event of the Raj Thackerayled MNS across Maharashtra on May 3Those who are playing this propaganda politics that VHP and Bajrang Dal will participate in the MNS programme is not right Its a completely false narrative Bansal addedThe MNS chief had recently asked the Maharashtra government to ensure that loudspeakers are removed from the religious places in the state by May 3 threatening that his party will play Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers in front of the mosques if his demand is not fulfilledThe VHP leader said it doesnt have any issues with anyone organising any event for recitation of Hanuman ChalisaThe VHP believes that there should not be a ban on recitation of Hanuman Chalisa in the country If someone however is doing it for some political reasons we do not support it he addedWithout naming anyone however the VHP leader slammed the Maharashtra government over slapping of sedition charge against Independent MLA Ravi Rana and his wife Amravati MP Navneet Rana who were recently arrested following their call for the chanting of Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackerays residenceWe are also against such atrocities Bansal saidUnion Minister Ramdas Athawale had recently said that his party RPIA an ally of BJP does not support the MNS chiefs demand for the removal of loudspeakers from mosques He had also claimed that the BJP also does not support Raj Thackerays stand on the issueThe BJP has never taken such a stand Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes in Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas and there is no possibility of the BJP taking such a position This is Raj Thackerays agenda he had saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever