AIZAWL, May 23 NNN : Mizoram chief minister Lal Thanhawla’s reported participation in a Hindu temple sometimes ago is kicking up ruckus in Mizoram with the principal Opposition party Mizo National Front (MNF) organising a protest rally in the state capital Aizawl today.
However, it is not certain when the chief minister had entered a Hindu temple but there have been speculations that Lal Thanhawla and his wife had participated in a Hindu temple and the picture of that event was reportedly circulated by people in social media.
Today, the Mizo National Front (MNF) organized a protest rally christened as ‘Milem biak duhlohna kawngzawh’ or ‘Rally against Worshiping of Idols’ in Aizawl.
The rally began from Chanmari to Vanapa Hall.
Thousands of people in the state attended the protest rally.
MNF alleged that Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla had attended at a Puja sacrificing himself according to Hinduism.
At the protest rally, MNF leader R.Tlanghmingthanga addressed the gathering at Chanmari, Dr.H.Lallungmuana at Zarkawt point, Lalthlengliana at Dawrpui and Zoramthanga the party president at Vanapa Hall.
Former Chief Minister Zoramthanga clarified that the MNF was not saying Lal Thanhawla had violated the Constitution of India. “But we organized this protest rally as he had violated the God’s commandments in the Bible,” Zoramthanga said.
According to Exodus chapter 20 in the Bible’s Old Testament, it is written as, “And God spoke all these words: ‘I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me’”, Zoramthanga pointed out. The MNF president then said Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla had violated these two commandments fourth times with his wife breaking a coconut, smearing colour in their foreheads while believing in idolatry, said Zoramthanga.
“Being a preacher in the pulpit in the church, such kind of activity was not suited for the leader of the Christians in Mizoram, so the protest rally was organized,” the MNF leader added.
Meanwhile, the protest rally today passed a resolution saying Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla injured the heart of the Mizo people. Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has also denied the religion of the Mizos and the Mizo people, the MNF leader said.
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