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Modi aarti at Press Club of India triggers viral row
A video of people performing aarti for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Press Club of India in New Delhi has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media. Participants chanted 'Jai Jai…
A video of people performing aarti for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Press Club of India in New Delhi has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media. Participants chanted 'Jai Jai Modi, Har Har Modi' and held a banner reading 'Bhagwan Shri Narendra Modi Chalisa.' One attendee claimed a Modi temple with a life-size golden idol would be built in Bihar at a cost of Rs 112 crore, with land and funds from the state's NDA government.
The Press Club of India distanced itself from the event, saying it had rented the venue to an organisation that said it was holding a press conference. In July, the Bihar State Transgender Welfare Board had approved a proposal by a transgender community representative to build a temple for Modi. Board member Rajan Singh said the move was in gratitude for Modi granting rights to transgender people.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Chalisa-style political devotion is not new in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, where leaders like Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mayawati, and Mulayam Singh Yadav have had similar hymns composed for them. The phenomenon feeds on the same religious idiom that gives electoral returns. What matters now is whether the Bihar government formally allocates land and funds for the proposed Modi temple, as claimed. The Press Club incident shows that even in Delhi, the line between political rally and religious ceremony is becoming hard to police.
Source: frontline.thehindu.com
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