Bihar Holi Row: The competition of color Holi and Friday prayers fall on the identical day this yr and thus there have been considerations over the regulation and order state of affairs. Days after Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath backed Sambhal CO who requested Muslims to remain indoors on Holi if they’re afraid of colors, the same assertion was made by Bihar BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul.
Nevertheless, his comment drew sharp criticism from Chief of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav who even urged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to file an FIR towards him.
“I wish to enchantment to Muslims there are 52 jummas (Fridays) in a yr. The one this week coincides with Holi. So, they need to let Hindus rejoice the competition and never take offence if colors are smeared on them. If they’ve such an issue, they need to keep indoors. That is important for sustaining communal concord,” mentioned Bachaul, the MLA from Bisfi meeting.
The MLA additional mentioned, “They (Muslims) have at all times had double requirements. They’re glad to earn money by organising stalls promoting abir-gulaal (colored powders), but when a couple of stains land on their garments, they begin fearing dozakh (hell).”
Nevertheless, in a pointy retort, Tejashwi reminded Bachaul, “It isn’t his father’s rule (baap ka raj). There needs to be an FIR towards him for making an attempt to whip up communal rigidity”.
The RJD chief additional added, “Bachaul ought to keep in mind that is Bihar, the place designs of RSS-BJP and Sangh Parivar have usually been foiled. He thinks he can strike terror into our Muslim brethren. However ours is a land the place each single Muslim could be protected by at the very least 5 to 6 Hindus.”
ई बिहार है बिहार! यहाँ एक-एक मुसलमान के समर्थन और सुरक्षा में पाँच-पाँच हिंदू खड़ा है। संविधान का मखौल मत उड़ाओं, अपनी हद और औकात में रहो।
जब तक बिहार में राजद और लालू जी के विचार को मानने वाले लोग हैं। हम कोई दंगा नहीं होने देंगे। चाहे इसके बदले सत्ता मिले या सत्ता चली जाए।… pic.twitter.com/VtIx4eoh4t
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) March 10, 2025
Reacting to BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul’s enchantment to Muslims to remain indoors on Holi, Congress MLA Anand Shankar mentioned, “The best way monsters would intrude in ‘havan’, ‘puja’ in historic occasions, at current, such individuals are the individuals of BJP, they intrude in festivals, attempt to divide individuals on faith, caste, take political profit, and that’s how they perform. This nation runs via the Structure and if it’s so, they need to not communicate such issues. I urge the CM to take cognisance and take motion.”
Nevertheless, state minority affairs minister and JD(U) chief Zama Khan asserted that ‘there shall be no untoward incident. The administration has been clearly instructed to make sure concord in the course of the festive season’.
