K’taka: Mohammed Haris Nalapad to formally take charge as State Youth Congress President on Feb 10
Bengaluru: Mohammed Haris Nalapad reportedly accepted the position of the state Youth Congress president on Monday.
The term of the previous Youth Congress President Raksha Ramaiah came to an end on Monday, January 31. In the background of this, Muhammed Nalapad formally assumed the position of the state youth congress president. However the official program in this regard will be conducted on February 10 at the KPCC Office, it is learned. Reportedly, Mohammed Nalapad is scheduled to take oath along with all the district youth congress committee members on that day.
On Monday morning, Mohammed Haris Nalapad accepted the leadership position at the Youth Congress office in the presence of his father N. A. Haris, KPCC Minority Division’s President Abdul Jabbar. Maulana Maqsood Imran performed dua during the occasion.
Mohammed Haris Nalapad had received maximum votes during last year’s elections for the Youth Congress State President with a whopping 64,203 votes, despite this the election board had disqualified him citing the existence of criminal cases against him. In the background of this, Raksha Ramaiah, who had received 56,271 votes was announced as the winner. This had reportedly created certain controversies and confusion.
In the days following this, Raksha Ramaiah’s presidential term was set until January 31, 2022. That term reportedly came to an end today (Monday), in this background, Mohammed Haris Nalapad formally accepted the leadership position.
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Catholic Bishops' body slams Bhagwat's remarks
New Delhi: The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India on Thursday slammed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his reported remark that Pranab Mukherjee, when he was President, had said tribals would turn "anti-national" if there is no "ghar wapsi"Catholic Bishops.'
In a statement issued here, CBCI, a body of Catholic Bishops, referred to reports which said Bhagwat, at an event on Monday, claimed that Mukherjee, while he was President had appreciated ghar wapsi and told him that had it not been for the Sangh's work on reconversion, a section of Adivasis would have turned "anti-national".The CBCI called the report "shocking".
"Fabricated personal conversation being attributed to a former president of India and its posthumous publication with the vested interest of an organization with questionable credibility raises a grave issue of national importance," the CBCI claimed.
"Is it not the violent ghar wapsi program of VHP and other similar organizations, curtailing the exercise of freedom of conscience of economically deprived tribals, the real anti-national activity?" it asked.
'Ghar wapsi' is a term used by the RSS and affiliated organisations to refer to reconversion of Muslims and Christians to Hinduism, based on the belief that they were originally Hindus before converting to other religions.
The CBCI also questioned why Bhagwat did not speak about it while Mukherjee was alive.
"We, the 2.3 percent of Indian citizens who are Christians feel extremely hurt by such manipulated and motivated propaganda unleashed," it said.
In a post on X following the statement issued by CBCI, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said, "Speak up. This is a start!"
"Bishops body have issued a statement condemning remarks made by Dr Mohan Bhagwat and RSS for defaming the Christian community," he said.
O'Brien added that they should ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi more questions, including why Christmas Day has been turned into "Good Governance Day".
The TMC leader, in a blogpost earlier this month, had said "hard questions" must be asked to the government with regards to the Christian community, including why the FCRA has been 'weaponised', and why has Manipur been 'ignored'.
