Petitioner against triple talaq gets death threats for attending Hanuman Chalisa event
Kolkata, July 18 (IBNS): Ishrat Jahan, the petitioner against triple talaq (the practice of giving instant divorce to wives of Muslim community), has alleged that she had received death threats for attending a Hanuman Chalisa event, media reports said.
Jahan said she was surrounded by a crowd outside her house in Howrah's Pilkhana.
"A huge crowd of people gathered outside my house and asked me why I went to attend a Hanuman Chalisa event wearing a hijab," Jahan, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last year, has been quoted by NDTV.
"I said I am a secular person. If Hindus can be invited to namaz, why can't I go to a Hanuman Chalisa paath," Jahan said.
She has been further quoted by the media, "But the local people said, you should have gone without the hijab. You have maligned all Muslims. I was threatened, told to leave the house where I live. I live alone with my son. I am now scared."
The BJP's Youth Wing has decided to chant Hanuman Chalisa on every Tuesdays to counter offering of Namaz (Muslim prayers) on streets every Fridays.
Image Credit: Screenshot grab from NDTV video
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