AIZAWL: Mizoram chief minister Lal
Thanhawla’s reported visit to a Hindu temple sometime ago is kicking up a
ruckus in Mizoram with the principal opposition party Mizo National
Front (MNF) organising a protest rally in the state capital Aizawl on
Thursday.
However, it is not certain when the
chief minister had entered the temple but there has been speculation
that Lal Thanhawla and his wife had participated in a Hindu ceremony and
a photo of that event was reportedly circulated by people in social
media.
On Thursday, the MNF organised a protest
rally christened as ‘Milem biak duhlohna kawngzawh’ or ‘Rally against
Worshiping of Idols’ in Aizawl. Thousands attended the protest rally.
The MNF alleged that the CM had attended a puja and took part in Hindu
practices.
Former Chief Minister Zoramthanga
explained that, “we organized this protest rally as he (the CM) violated
God’s commandments in the Bible,” Zoramthanga said.
Zoramthanga quoted verses in the Old
Testament warning against the worship of other gods. The MNF president
then said the CM had violated these commandments when he and his wife
broke a coconut and smeared colour on their foreheads.
Meanwhile, an explosion ripped through a
temple inside the premises of the 26th battalion Assam Rifles here
early on Thursday morning. The explosion shattered several windows, the
police said. No one has been arrested so far.