‘Dandia participants should be Hindu’ BJP leader Nitish Rane ahead of Navaratri festival

Oct 11, 2023

Mumbai, Oct 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Nitesh Rane on October 10 flagged a "Love Jihad" threat during upcoming Navratri events and called on organisers to ensure “only Hindus” attend Dandiya events. Rane, who is an MLA from Kankavli suggested that during Navratri events the organisers must check the Aadhaar cards of attendees at all venues. “It is the demand of the entire Hindu community that when Navaratri begin and dandia will be played, participants should be from the Hindu community. We have received extensive information that cases of 'Love Jihad' and religious conversion come to the fore at this time. Hindu women are lied to and lured. People who do not belong to our community come to such events wearing saffron and other attires and call themselves Hindus. So, we have urged the organisers that if they check the Aadhaar cards of everyone coming in, at the entrance, and allow only Hindus, the Hindu women will not face any difficulty.”