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MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on Monday hit out at ‘blind bhakts’ after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Pope in the Vatican on Saturday and held the Bible to his forehead.
The Sena, in an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, said that had anyone else but PM Modi held the Bible to his forehead, ‘bhakts’ would have started a cleansing campaign.
“Prime Minister Modi not only met the Pope but also held a copy of Bible to his head presented by the Pope. By doing so, Modi sent a strong message to the fundamentalists in the country. India is a democracy. The country is secular, Modi told the world from the Vatican. PM Modi suddenly meets Nawaz miyan, he also meets the Pope, all this suits Modi. If someone else had done it in good faith, blind bhakts would have said tauba tauba. The nation, religion, culture, would have been corrupted and cleansing campaigns would have started. Modi will now have to tell the blind bhakts what to do through Mann Ki Baat,” the editorial stated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Pope Francis to India after a one-on-one meeting in Vatican City on Saturday.
“Had a very warm meeting with Pope Francis. I had the opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues with him and also invited him to visit India,” PM Modi tweeted from his account.
The Sena said that with meetings like these, PM Modi was trying to project his image as that of a tolerant and secular leader.
“Sometimes by meeting Nawaz Miyan and sometimes the Pope, Modi is trying to make his image to be tolerant, secular.… Modi met the Pope. He received blessings from this Christian religious head. The Pope has a big place on the world stage. There is respect for his word and status. It is indeed a pleasure to meet the Pope. Through the Vatican, the social work of Christian missionaries continues throughout the world. The financial strength of the Vatican is huge. The Vatican’s financial turnover is four billion euros. The Vatican has its bank. That bank has a turnover which is fifty times that of our Reserve Bank. Christianity is the richest religion in the world. 55% of the world’s wealth is owned by Christians. It is followed by Muslims at 5.8 per cent, Hindus at 3.4 per cent and Jews at 1.2 per cent. This means our Prime Minister met the richest religious leader in the world. Modi and the Pope discussed global poverty eradication and climate change,” the editorial said.
The Sena, in an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, said that had anyone else but PM Modi held the Bible to his forehead, ‘bhakts’ would have started a cleansing campaign.
“Prime Minister Modi not only met the Pope but also held a copy of Bible to his head presented by the Pope. By doing so, Modi sent a strong message to the fundamentalists in the country. India is a democracy. The country is secular, Modi told the world from the Vatican. PM Modi suddenly meets Nawaz miyan, he also meets the Pope, all this suits Modi. If someone else had done it in good faith, blind bhakts would have said tauba tauba. The nation, religion, culture, would have been corrupted and cleansing campaigns would have started. Modi will now have to tell the blind bhakts what to do through Mann Ki Baat,” the editorial stated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Pope Francis to India after a one-on-one meeting in Vatican City on Saturday.
“Had a very warm meeting with Pope Francis. I had the opportunity to discuss a wide range of issues with him and also invited him to visit India,” PM Modi tweeted from his account.
The Sena said that with meetings like these, PM Modi was trying to project his image as that of a tolerant and secular leader.
“Sometimes by meeting Nawaz Miyan and sometimes the Pope, Modi is trying to make his image to be tolerant, secular.… Modi met the Pope. He received blessings from this Christian religious head. The Pope has a big place on the world stage. There is respect for his word and status. It is indeed a pleasure to meet the Pope. Through the Vatican, the social work of Christian missionaries continues throughout the world. The financial strength of the Vatican is huge. The Vatican’s financial turnover is four billion euros. The Vatican has its bank. That bank has a turnover which is fifty times that of our Reserve Bank. Christianity is the richest religion in the world. 55% of the world’s wealth is owned by Christians. It is followed by Muslims at 5.8 per cent, Hindus at 3.4 per cent and Jews at 1.2 per cent. This means our Prime Minister met the richest religious leader in the world. Modi and the Pope discussed global poverty eradication and climate change,” the editorial said.
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