Source: Catholic Bishops Conference of India
CBCI slams right wing groups for coin controversy
April 13,2007
NEW DELHI (ICNS): The controversy kicked up around the new Rs 2 coin by the right wing groups including the RSS is a figment of imagination of certain individuals and groups in India that are obsessed with anti-minorityism, said the Catholic church spokesperson Fr Babu Joseph.
The RSS (Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh) and Shiva Sena have demanded immediate withdrawal of the Rs 2 coin, issued sometime last year, because they claim it contains a cross in place of the Indian map. The purported cross is actually a symbol of unity, according to the Reserve Bank of India.
The symbol shall be seen as four heads sharing a common body. It shall be thought of as people from all four parts of the country coming together under one banner, the RBI said in a statement.
Fr Joseph said the whole controversy around the symbol of unity depicted on the reverse side of the 2 rupee coin as promotion of Christianity in India is nothing short of figment of imagination of certain individuals and groups in India that are obsessed with anti-minorityism.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of India spokesperson pointed out that the Reserve Bank of India has made clarification on what the symbol actually meant and the matter should have been considered closed. But, instead, these vested groups are trying to whip up uncalled for passion against a symbol which is universally accepted as representative of unity of people, cultures and religions which India truly represents.
By raising such frivolous issues by political parties and organizations, they serve no useful purpose except create more social wedge between communities, Fr Joseph said.
CBCI slams right wing groups for coin controversy
April 13,2007
NEW DELHI (ICNS): The controversy kicked up around the new Rs 2 coin by the right wing groups including the RSS is a figment of imagination of certain individuals and groups in India that are obsessed with anti-minorityism, said the Catholic church spokesperson Fr Babu Joseph.
The RSS (Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh) and Shiva Sena have demanded immediate withdrawal of the Rs 2 coin, issued sometime last year, because they claim it contains a cross in place of the Indian map. The purported cross is actually a symbol of unity, according to the Reserve Bank of India.
The symbol shall be seen as four heads sharing a common body. It shall be thought of as people from all four parts of the country coming together under one banner, the RBI said in a statement.
Fr Joseph said the whole controversy around the symbol of unity depicted on the reverse side of the 2 rupee coin as promotion of Christianity in India is nothing short of figment of imagination of certain individuals and groups in India that are obsessed with anti-minorityism.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of India spokesperson pointed out that the Reserve Bank of India has made clarification on what the symbol actually meant and the matter should have been considered closed. But, instead, these vested groups are trying to whip up uncalled for passion against a symbol which is universally accepted as representative of unity of people, cultures and religions which India truly represents.
By raising such frivolous issues by political parties and organizations, they serve no useful purpose except create more social wedge between communities, Fr Joseph said.
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