In an incident that has left many surprised, a group of volunteers from the Rashtra Sevika Samiti, an RSS-inspired nationalist women’s organisation, conducted Sri Ram bhajans in the government relief centre on the Shankarling Kalyanamantap premises in Sankeshwar on Saturday.
Minister cancels visit
A local team of samiti volunteers came to the centre on Saturday morning, before the arrival of Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was to interact with people at the centre.
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However, the Minister’s visit was cancelled at the last minute.
Chanting for hours
The team members started singing bhajans which went on for hours.
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They sang bhajans such as ‘Jai Jai Ram Krishna Hare’ and asked the people to repeat the chant after them.
The relief centre in the district had several non-Hindus.
When asked about the appropriateness of prayers in a government-run relief centre that had people of all religions present, one of the volunteers of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti said that they were “promoting cultural values”.