Christmas events disrupted in Gurugram and Kurukshetra

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GURUGRAM: A Christmas celebration at a private school in Pataudi was stopped on Saturday by a group of men who snatched the mic from a priest delivering a lecture and shouted “Jai Shri Ram” slogans.
The latest disruption follows protests organised by right-wing activists almost every week in the NCR district since October against the Muslim community’s namaz congregations.
At the Pataudi school, House of Hope had organised a “Christmas Milan”, whose theme was to make people aware about the “real meaning of Christmas” through songs, dance and teachings of the Bible. A number of children and women from areas in the vicinity had gathered for the event.
A few minutes into the programme, the group of men, who identified themselves as members of the Dharam Jagriti Mission, barged into the hall and alleged that the programme had been organised to “brainwash children” and “prepare them for conversion”.
RP Pandey, the president of the outfit, said though Christmas carols were being practised at the school for the past few days, they had no idea about the programme. But two days ago, invites were sent out to people from the neighbourhood to attend the Christmas programme. “It is through song and dance that they promote their religion and influence the minds of children,” Pandey said.
He claimed that most of those who attended the event were from humble backgrounds.A pastor said a member of House of Hope had organised the event in his personal capacity. “We were also present when the unfortunate incident took place. They started shouting slogans and disrupted the programme,” he said. The pastor termed “unfortunate” the series of disruptions of Friday prayers since October and requested this correspondent not to reveal his identity or the name of the school where the event was organised for fear of a backlash.
He, however, said they did not want to lodge a police complaint. “We believe in love. We are not going to file any complaint,” he added.
A video being circulated on social media shows a man snatching the mike from the speaker and shouting slogans of “Jai Shri Ram” as others join in. Shailender Kumader, the SHO of Pataudi police station, said they had not received any complaint.
This was not the first time that right-wing outfits in Pataudi raised the pitch against what they alleged was religious conversion. At a mahapanchayat on July 4, the gunman who had fired at a group of Citizenship Amendment Act protesters near Jamia Millia Islamia, had allegedly made a provocative speech against a particular community. In Kurukshetra, Bajrang Dal disrupted an Christian event and played ‘Hanuman Chalisa’.
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