BJP government should apologize for downplaying the
Xmas
The clumsy action
of Ministry of H.R.D. to downplay the significance of Birthday of Christ by
declaring December 25, 2014 as “Good Governance Day” and purporting
to hold various activities in the Universities, College, Schools’ must be
deprecated. BJP is welcome to celebrate its senior leader and former prime
minister Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee’s birthday, but it does not behave to use
its governmental authority to downgrade the importance of the unique day, not
only for Christians but all humans.
Earlier also,
this government had downgraded Mahatma Gandhi by reducing his Birthday merely into
a day for cleanliness. The government even forced the government employees to
report in their offices on 2 October, a Gazetted Holiday, negating their right given
by the Constitution.
The Socialist
Party feels that the pro-rich government, knowingly or unknowingly, has taken
this decision to suppress the pro-poor message delivered by Jesus Christ. Xmas
is the birthday of one of the earliest champions of the poor who openly said,
“It is impossible for a rich man to enter the gates of Heaven, just as it is
impossible for a camel to pass through the eye of needle”.
Moreover, this decision
of the government could be another push towards its ongoing communal agenda. The
Socialist Party demands that the BJP Government should apologize to the nation
for downplaying significance of Christmas and, thus, hurting sentiments of
Indian citizens, especially the Christian Minority.
Dr. Sandeep Pandey
National Vice President and Spokesperson
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