A PIL has been filed by an advocate in the Calcutta High Court demanding necessary steps to be taken against those who are objecting to ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans.
Filed by advocate Partha Ghosh, he has mentioned in the PIL that chanting of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ is a fundamental right of an individual.
The entire outcry broke out when West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee lost her cool when a group of men chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’ while her convoy passed through the Bhatpara area in North 24 Parganas district on May 30, 2019.
“These are all outsiders and the BJP people. They are criminals and were abusing me. They are not from Bengal. We will take action against them,” she had said after getting down from her car.
The Chief Minister had criticised the BJP and said that its leaders are using ‘Jai Shri Ram’ as their party slogan in a “misconceived manner” and accused them of mixing religion with politics.
This did not go down well with BJP and several leaders including BJP president Amit Shah challenged Mamata to stop them from chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan during election campaigning.
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On May 16, Prime Minister said, “Didi has created such a situation in West Bengal that infiltrators are having a free run while the devotees of Kali and Ram are forced to live in fear. Youths are being jailed just for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Jai Maa Kali’.”
In the recently concluded general elections, BJP created a new record after winning 18 Lok Sabha seats and limiting the TMC to 22 seats.
The petition is likely to be heard by the high court on Friday.