Puri Seer slams PM’s Muslim first policy

Bhubaneswar (VISAKEO): Sankaracharya of Puri Swami Nischalananda Saraswati has criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent statement that minorities have the first right to the country's resources. "This government will face the consequences," said. Why Muslim first, the PM should justify, Puri Seer asked while warning to stop appeasement policy for vote-bank politics.  

Seer would organise a meeting in Kathmandu to demand that the interests of Hindus in Nepal are safeguarded after the transition from monarchy to democracy; a release from Gobardhan Pitha on Sunday said adding even after India's partition, Hindus have to raise their voices to demand their rights. The Sankaracharya also demanded a 24-hour channel to propagate the Hindu view of life on various issues. "The language of the channel should be Sanskrit and it should propagate the Hindu views on science, health, medicine, nutrition, economic and social issues," the release said.

Jagad Guru has supported the cause of environment and the country's unity and integrity and decided to start 'Samudra aarti' at Gangasagar on Makar Sankranti day every year. It might be noted here that on January 3, he had started evening aarti on Puri's sea beach. He conducted Sunday aarti at the confluence of the Ganga and Sagar.   Similar aartis would be started at Rameswaram and Kanyakumari soon, Gobardhan Pitha sources said.