BJP's minority cell to organise Yoga Day celebrations in unrecognised madrassas; SP MP opposes
Lucknow/Sambhal (UP), Jun 13: The Uttar Pradesh BJP's minority cell on Tuesday said it would organise Yoga Day celebrations in hundreds of unrecognised madrassas in the state on International Yoga Day on June 21.
"The workers of the party's minority cell will hold Yoga Day celebrations in around 900 madrasas (in the state) using their personal contacts," Kunwar Basit Ali, head of UP BJP's minority cell, told PTI.
To a query, Ali said he was referring to unrecognised madrassas.
However, Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal Shafiqur Rahman Barq has opposed the move, alleging that the BJP government wants that the "madrassas should not function so that Muslim children do not get religious education".
Speaking to reporters in Sambhal, Barq said, "Yoga is a good thing and not a bad thing. Every person can do Yoga in their homes. What is the meaning of (celebrating) Yoga Day (in madrassas)?
"Madrassas are not part of this (Yoga Day events), but are meant to impart religious education... 'Taleem Divas' (education day) should be celebrated in the madrassas," he said.
Barq said there used to be "wrestling arenas earlier where the wrestlers used to go to do exercise."
Various Muslim bodies in the past have opposed the Yoga Day celebrations, saying that the reciting of 'shlokas' during Yoga interferes with core beliefs of Islam.
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Four charred to death in fire at scrap godown in Rajasthan
Jaipur (PTI): Four people, including two minor girls, died in a fire at a scrap godown in Kotputli-Behror district of Rajasthan, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred in the Neemrana area on Friday night.
Superintendent of Police Satvir Singh said police recovered four charred bodies late at night and sent them for post-mortem.
The victims were identified as Kavita (15), her seven-year-old relative, a driver named Ravindutt Yadav, and Johnny, who worked on a plastic processing machine in the godown.
Preliminary inquiry suggests that the driver had come from Haryana to purchase plastic material. At the time, the young girl was sorting scrap perfume bottles and removing their caps.
Police said they suspect that a lit bidi thrown by the driver ignited the spirit from the bottles, triggering the blaze.
As the fire spread, the victims ran towards one side of the godown, but were blocked by a wall. They got trapped inside and died of suffocation, and the fire charred their bodies.
SP Singh said that a woman working at the warehouse managed to escape but sustained a leg injury.
Police have detained an associate of the godown owner for questioning while the owner, Karan Singh, is absconding. A case has been registered.
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