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Modi Chalisa at Press Club sparks row, club denies organising event
An event featuring the recitation of a 'Modi Chalisa' and the worship of a cutout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Press Club of India in Delhi has sparked a row.…
An event featuring the recitation of a 'Modi Chalisa' and the worship of a cutout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Press Club of India in Delhi has sparked a row. The club clarified on Thursday that it had not organised the event and that the hall was rented to an organisation for a press conference.
The event was organised by Rajan Singh, vice-president of the Bihar State Transgender Welfare Board. Singh announced plans to build a temple dedicated to PM Modi in Bihar at a cost of Rs 112 crore on five acres of land, citing the government's work for transgender rights.
Singh defended the deification of the prime minister, saying the government had for the first time provided rights to the transgender community. He claimed that criticism of the event came from the opposition, not from transgender people. The club said it intervened and stopped the event after the terms of the hall rental were violated.
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The controversy comes amid an ongoing debate over the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, which activists say removes the right to self-identification of gender and requires a district magistrate's certificate. The proposed temple, if built, would be an unusual public monument to a sitting leader. The Press Club of India regularly rents its hall to groups, but the club's swift distancing shows sensitivity to the perception of political messaging on its premises. The next flashpoint could come if the Bihar government or local authorities respond to the temple announcement.
Source: timesnownews.com
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