A huge rally was organized by members of the Jain community against the Jharkhand government’s decision on declaring ‘sacred’ Shri Sammed Shikharji a tourist place. The protest was carried out on Wednesday in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The rally was initiated from Metro and is expected to end at the Azad Maidan. According to the organizer, the leader will deliver a speech at the Azad Maidan. More than 1 lakh people will join the rally against the government’s decision, said organizers.
“The government’s decision hurt our sentiments. We don’t want tourism revolving around a sacred place,” said one of the protesters to the media.
Protestors revealed if their demands are not met, they would go on a hunger strike in Maharashtra. However, one of the protestors died, who was on an indefinite hunger strike in Rajasthan on Tuesday.
Shri Sammed Shikharji is a sacred Jain pilgrimage site located at Parasnath Hills in Jharkhand which now has been declared a tourist spot by the Jharkhand government.
Amid Ongoing controversy, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday lambasted the Centre over the issue. “India is a heaven for minorities-BJP: Jain places of worship were targeted, Continuous attacks on Christians since Christmas, Buddhists, and Shia on the road for full statehood in Ladakh, Sikh youth attacked in UP, -Thousands of Muslims were made homeless in Assam and now they are going to be homeless in Haldwani,” Owaisi tweeted.
