MP: FIR lodged against poet Munawwar Rana for comparing Valmiki to Taliban

A case has been registered in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna against Urdu poet Munawwar Rana for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by comparing Maharshi Valmiki, who wrote the Ramayana, with the Taliban.

Guna: 

A case has been registered in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna against Urdu poet

Munawwar Rana 

Munawwar Rana 

for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by Comparing Maharshi Valmiki, who wrote the Ramayana, with the Taliban.

The complaint against Rana was filed by Sunil Malviya, state secretary of the BJP's Scheduled Caste cell, and other members of the Valmiki community. Malviya said by comparing Taliban with Valmiki, Rana insulted Valmiki community and the Hindu religion. “The statement of Rana hurt our religious sentiments.”

Earlier Rana while talking to a channel had said: “Valmiki became a God after he wrote the Ramayana, before that he was a dacoit. A person's character can change. Similarly, the Taliban, for now, are terrorists but people and characters change."

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“When you talk about Valmiki, you will have to talk about his past. In your religion, you make anyone God. But he was a writer and he wrote the Ramayana, but we are not in competition here,” Rana had said.

Guna Superintendent of Police Rajiv Mishra on Monday said, “A case was registered against Rana at the Kotwali police station. The case will be forwarded to the district concerned (Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh).”

The case was registered against Rana under IPC Section 505 (2) (statements conducing to public mischief) and was being forwarded to Hazratganj police station at Lucknow in UP, police said.

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