{"id":3252,"date":"2016-03-11T13:15:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=3249&amp;preview_id=3249"},"modified":"2016-03-11T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T13:15:18","slug":"venkaiah-backs-sri-sri-event-indias-prestige-at-stake-the-indian-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=3252","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Objections Because It Is Hindu, Bharatiya\u2019: Minister Venkaiah Naidu On Sri Sri Event| The Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2684169\" style=\"width: 769px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2684169\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2684169 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2016\/02\/naidu-759.jpg\" alt=\"Venkaiah Naidu, Venkaiah Naidu binladen comment, Venkaiah Naidu free speech, osama, Venkaiah Naidu osama comment, india news\" width=\"759\" height=\"422\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2684169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (PTI photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Attacking those who are trying to \u2018block\u2019 the mega gathering organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar\u2019s Art of Living Foundation on the banks of the Yamuna by raising environmental concerns, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said Thursday that they were doing so because it sought to glorify Indian culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything that is Hindu, India, Bharatiya, you object,\u201d Naidu said while talking to reporters at the Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>In an apparent allusion to Rahul Gandhi\u2019s visit to Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he had expressed his solidarity with Leftist students accused of raising anti-India slogans, Naidu said the Congress vice-president \u201ccan go to Afzal Guru and Yakub Memon concert. But since Ravi Shankar is from India, so there are objections\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While pointing out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to attend the inaugural function of the World Culture Festival, Naidu said, \u201cthe prestige of the entire country is at stake\u2026Nearly 35 world leaders are expected (to attend the festival).\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/business\/budget\/venkaiah-backs-sri-sri-event-indias-prestige-at-stake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Venkaiah backs Sri Sri event: \u2018India\u2019s prestige at stake\u2019 | The Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attacking those who are trying to \u2018block\u2019 the mega gathering organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar\u2019s Art of Living Foundation on the banks of the Yamuna by raising environmental concerns, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said Thursday that they were doing so because it sought to glorify Indian culture. \u201cAnything that is Hindu, India, [&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":[1159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252"}],"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=3252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}