Christmas greeting card triggers tension in Nabarangpur
The printing press of Bhubaneswar that printed the card goofed up. It downloaded a controversial picture of Jesus Christ from Internet in which Jesus Christ was holding a cigarette in one hand and a beer can in the other hand, this caused protests.
A CONTROVERSIAL picture on Christmas greeting cards created a huge outrage in Odisha's Nabarangpur. The greeting card was not received well by the Christian community and they resorted to demonstrations and blockades in protest. Local BJD MLA, Manohar Randhari sent greeting cards to people of Christian community on the festive occasion of Christmas. He had a noble intention indeed, but some vested interests played spoilsport and created trouble. The angry protestors demanded immediate arrest of Manohar Randhari for hurting religious sentiments and staged road blockade at several places, in the district. As tension prevailed in the town, prohibitory orders under Section 144 were clamped near the church and along the National Highway no. 201 near the entry and exit points of the town. Additional police force was also deployed in the town, police said, adding, the situation is tense but under control.
District BJD Chief Jayadev Parida said, “We are very sorry for the mistake which happened unknowingly and we apologise for it.” Condemning the incident, Orissa Minority Forum said, “The forum denounces this relegation of Christ's dignity by a public representative and demands that appropriate action, as per law of the land, should be undertaken. However, any reaction to this act should not allow criminals to take undue advantage and lead to a religious divide.”
In the evening the citizen and peace committee were called by the district administration in the presence of Superintendent of police. The district administration convened a peace committee meeting at Nabarangpur for the cooperation of citizens to ensure amity and peaceful celebration of Christmas as well as new year. This meeting was attended by leaders of all religious communities, local political leaders and officials. It was decided that MLA, has not intentionally done the deed and for this the Bishop of Jeypore, JELC, should forgive him for the mistake. Stringent action should be taken against the publisher for the heinous offence. In the meeting, Minister of Science & IT, Ramesh Majhi, Jeypore MLA Rabi and other distinguished people of the town were present.
District BJD Chief Jayadev Parida said, “We are very sorry for the mistake which happened unknowingly and we apologise for it.” Condemning the incident, Orissa Minority Forum said, “The forum denounces this relegation of Christ's dignity by a public representative and demands that appropriate action, as per law of the land, should be undertaken. However, any reaction to this act should not allow criminals to take undue advantage and lead to a religious divide.”
In the evening the citizen and peace committee were called by the district administration in the presence of Superintendent of police. The district administration convened a peace committee meeting at Nabarangpur for the cooperation of citizens to ensure amity and peaceful celebration of Christmas as well as new year. This meeting was attended by leaders of all religious communities, local political leaders and officials. It was decided that MLA, has not intentionally done the deed and for this the Bishop of Jeypore, JELC, should forgive him for the mistake. Stringent action should be taken against the publisher for the heinous offence. In the meeting, Minister of Science & IT, Ramesh Majhi, Jeypore MLA Rabi and other distinguished people of the town were present.
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