ALAPPUZHA: Shiv Sena State president M.S. Bhuvanachandran has said that a delegation from his party’s Kerala unit would meet the President and the Prime Minister on June 25 seeking a solution to the “attacks” on Hindu spiritual leaders and ashrams in the State.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Mr. Bhuvanachandran alleged that the State government was trying to disgrace Hindu spiritual leaders and ashramams here by portraying an “anti-social element” and “mafia leader” such as Santosh Madhavan as a spiritual leader.
The government, he said, should form laws that would enable it to examine the assets and utilisation of funds by organisations under all religions.
Demanding that compensation be paid to spiritual leaders and ashramams that bore the brunt of the “cleansing drive” by organisations including the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist),
Mr. Bhuvanachandran also said the Shiv Sena would perform in public the holy rituals that were being portrayed by the CPI (M) and the DYFI as tricks of illusion.
The Shiv Sena leader also called on the media to restrain from defaming Hindu sanyasis and spiritual leaders by showing their pictures and visuals alongside “criminals” such as Santosh Madhavan.
