This Is Why Haryana Is Losing It: Church Vandalised, Beef Banned, Bhagavad Gita In Schools

Under-construction church vandalised, no arrests so far

After a series of church attacks in Delhi in the recent months, it¡¯s now Haryana. An under construction church in Kaimri village, approximately 10km from Hisar, was demolished by unknown miscreants on Sunday. Not only did the group bring down the place of worship, they replaced the cross with an idol of Hanuman, also hoisted a flag with ¡®Shri Ram¡¯ on it, triggering tension in the area.

Following a complaint filed by Father Subhash Chand of Williwarsh church, 14 people have been booked under sections 147 (Punishment for rioting), 153A (promoting enmity between groups), 295 (destroying, damaging a place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class of persons), 380 (theft in a building), 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC, but no arrests have been made so far.

It is believed that the villagers were angry over alleged efforts of the priest to convert local residents. Villagers claimed the priest, Subhash, had bought the piece of land to build a house but started constructing a "Believers Church" instead.

Haryana all set to ban beef, cow slaughter

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The state Government is all set to impose a complete ban on the sale of beef in any form in the state. The ban would also cover the canned beef which was legalised during Congress¡¯s term. "The state government is engaged in framing a stringent law to clamp a complete ban on cow slaughter, said agriculture and animal husbandry minister OP Dhankar.

Under the new law - 'Gau Sanrakshan Avam Gau Samwardhan (Cow Protection and Cow Conservation and Development) Bill', offenders would have to face a jail term of 10 years for slaughtering the cows.

"It would have provision of 10 years' imprisonment if found guilty of cow slaughter. Action would also be taken against the driver of the vehicle carrying beef and the vehicle would be impounded," Dhankar said.

BJP government in Haryana, headed by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, has a majority in the assembly and the proposed bill is all set to be made into a law.

Pushing the RSS agenda; Bhagavad Gita to be a part of academics from new session

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Striking another controversy, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that the state government will introduce teaching of Bhagavad Gita in schools across the state from coming academic session.

"Students in schools will be taught shlokas of Bhagavad Gita from the new academic session," he said.

Questioning Government¡¯s move to make Bhagavad Gita compulsory in the state, Opposition alleged that the BJP Government was trying to push its Hindutva agenda.

'Daughters': A Big No in Haryana

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According to the latest Census conducted in 2011, the state of Haryana has the lowest rate of sex ratio in India and the figure shows a number of 879 of females to that of 1000 of males, well below the national average of 943 females for every 1,000 males.

Infact, Union Women and Child Development minister Maneka Gandhi had mentioned in one of her 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' campaign addresses, that, not a single girl child had been born in 70 villages in the state during the past several years.

Unsafe For Women

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The National Crime Records Bureau recorded 33,707 cases of rape and 70,739 cases of assault on women throughout India in 2013. Haryana accounted for 971 cases of rape, 263 dowry deaths, and 9,089 incidents of crime against women - one of the highest rates of reported crime against women, at a rate of 75 per 100,000 women, compared to the national average of 52.2.