Madhya Pradesh minister asks Maa Sharda temple body to fire Muslim staff
Madhya Pradesh minister Usha Thakur allegedly asked the Maa Sharda Temple Committee in Maihar, Satna district, to remove Muslim members from the committee. The incident has caused a stir, with the Congress slamming the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in the state.
According to local reports, the minister sent a note sheet to the committee requesting the removal of the Muslim members.
The Maa Sharda Temple committee operates under the administration and is an independent organization responsible for managing the Sharda Devi temple. At present, two Muslim employees are part of the committee.
ollowing the controversy, the Religious Trusts and Endowments Department forwarded the note sheet to the Satna Collector, Anurag Verma, for further action. However, the collector is yet to respond to it.
Speaking to India Today TV, Dr Rajesh Rajoura, Additional Secretary of the Religious Trusts and Endowments Department, confirmed that the note sheet, which has gone viral on social media, was indeed sent by the minister.
PC Sharma, who was a minister in the previous Kamal Nath government, said that on the one hand, the ruling BJP government in Madhya Pradesh talks about following in the footsteps of Dr Ambedkar; while, on the other hand, its own minister issues such a note sheet that is exactly the opposite of the idea of equality.
