Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP State President V.D. Sharma and Congress chief Suresh Pachouri throughout a rally on the event of Parshuram Jayanti, in Bhopal.
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday mentioned his authorities would set up a ‘Brahmin Kalyan Board’ or Brahmin welfare board, and embrace classes on Parshuram, the Hindu mythological determine believed to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, within the State’s faculty syllabus until Class 8.
He was addressing a Parshuram Jayanti occasion in Bhopal. On the event, Mr. Chouhan additionally introduced scholarships for college kids learning Sanskrit and different facets associated to Hinduism and that, if wanted, Sanskrit academics could be appointed within the State.
Mr. Chouhan additionally mentioned {that a} ‘Shri Parshuram Lok’ could be constructed at Janapav close to Indore, thought of the birthplace of the deity seen as a Brahmin icon.
Brahmins represent almost 2-3% of the citizens in Madhya Pradesh, which fits to the polls later this yr. They are influential in sure pockets within the Vindhya and Gwalior-Chambal areas.
A supply within the BJP mentioned that Brahmins additionally change into opinion makers for different phase of voters, particularly among the many higher castes.
The Madhya Pradesh Government’s thrust in the direction of wooing different communities resembling Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) over the previous few years, and a pull from the Congress to attraction to all sections of society, additionally necessitated the transfer of setting up a welfare board, the supply added.
The Opposition Congress had not too long ago held a ‘Dharm Samvad’ or spiritual dialogue programme organised by the its temple priest cell, the place welfare measures for temple monks, who’re nearly solely Brahmin, had been mentioned.
