MP minister Kailash Vijayvargiya asks mothers to teach values to daughters, save them from Love Jihad

Time of India

4 days ago

Kailash Vijayvargiya (File photo)
BHOPAL: Minister for urban administration Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday said that
Love Jihad
is a conspiracy through which Hindu girls are being targets and made victims. Speaking at a public function arranged to promote wrestling, the former
BJP
national general secretary asked mothers to teach 'acchi sanskar' to daughters.
He also said that young Hindu girls should check the family background of youths before making friends with them.
'Love Jihad is a conspiracy. Many Hindu girls have become victims of Muslim men,' Vijayvargiya said addressing the public function in Indore-1 assembly constituency area on Sunday. 'Some youths are quoting Hindu fames and emotionally entrapping girls. They are destroying the lives of these young girls.
It is essential that we caution girls about such conspiracy,' he said.
The minister further argued, 'Mothers and sisters should teach 'acchi sanskar' (good values) to young girls. Make them understand that before making friends with a youth, they should check their family background. It is Sanskar that teaches children to differentiate between the good and the bad.'
Vijayvargiya recalled that as a child, his mother would give him milk and food after he recited verses from the Ram Charit Manas.
Reciting from the Ram Charit Manas was compulsory at his home because his parents wanted him to follow the principles of Lord Rama. He said that presently television serials are disturbing young minds.
'Send your children to the park so they can learn wrestling and make good friends,' he said. 'Mobile phones have become the close friends of today's children which is affecting their health and thinking,' Vijayvargiya argued.
Recalling Indore's sensational Raja Raghuvanshi honeymoon murder case, Vijayvargiya said, 'Had Sonam (Raja Raghuvanshi's wife who is allegedly involved in the murder of her husband) been trained in good ethics and values, her mother and father would not have had to hide their faces today.'
Meanwhile, state Congress reacted strongly to Vijayvargiya's comment. State PCC spokesman Abhinav Barolia demanded an apology from Kailash Vijayvargiya for his remarks. 'The minister must apologise to women for his remarks. He cannot suppress people by shirking responsibility and talking about teaching values. Your party's govt has been in power in the state for more than two decades and there is a BJP govt at the Centre.
And then, you pin the blame on mothers and sisters. What is the double-engine govt doing?' he asked.