{"id":1652,"date":"2016-02-09T10:08:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T10:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=1649&amp;preview_id=1649"},"modified":"2016-02-09T10:08:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T10:08:13","slug":"worship-parents-on-feb-14-reject-valentines-day-ads-on-delhi-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=1652","title":{"rendered":"Worship parents on Feb 14, reject Valentine\u2019s Day: Ads on Delhi Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"sty_txt\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/rf\/image_size_640x362\/HT\/p2\/2016\/02\/09\/Pictures\/_dc928ce4-cee6-11e5-94bd-a06a76346e8f.PNG\" alt=\"Worship parents on Feb 14, reject Valentine\u2019s Day: Ads on Delhi Metro\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Worship your parents this Valentines\u2019 Day, says a series of advertisement billboards put up at Delhi Metro stations by a religious group that batted for police action against couples.<\/p>\n<p>The ads, put up across 35 stations allegedly by an organisation of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, advocating Matri Pitru Pujan Diwas has left commuters enraged, prompting the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to examine the matter. Asaram is in jail in connection with a sexual assault case.<\/p>\n<p>On the posters has a link to the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mppd.ashram.org\/\">http:\/\/www.mppd.ashram.org\/<\/a>, which claims to be \u201cInspired by Pujya Asharam Ji Bapu\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>W<i>atch the video of Asaram saying how on Valentine\u2019s Day one should worship one\u2019s parents:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The billboards and posters put up inside the stations show two contrasting frames: one of two children worshipping their parents while the other shows a young couple holding each other\u2019s ears as cops stand near them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice should take strong action against those celebrating Valentine\u2019s Day in broad daylight. Don\u2019t celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day,\u201d the message in the posters says.<\/p>\n<p>According to a DMRC spokesperson, the ads were put by a private contractor. All the ad space inside the Delhi Metro premises is allotted to specialised agencies who allot them to interested advertisers. \u201cThe matter is being thoroughly examined and taken up with the contractor concerned for necessary action,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A DMRC executive said the company followed the Delhi Outdoor Advertising Policy, 2008 and did not have its own policy in this regard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"commented-out-html\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/delhi\/worship-parents-on-feb-14-reject-valentine-s-day-ads-on-delhi-metro\/story-7UCMmzGgw2HU5YevpqIiUI.html\">Hindustan Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worship your parents this Valentines\u2019 Day, says a series of advertisement billboards put up at Delhi Metro stations by a religious group that batted for police action against couples. The ads, put up across 35 stations allegedly by an organisation of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, advocating Matri Pitru Pujan Diwas has left commuters enraged, prompting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1153,18],"tags":[1212,1213,1214],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}