Union minister Giriraj Singh on Monday urged Hindus to take an oath to not cut cakes on birthdays, but offer prayers in a temple instead.
\n\u201cI urge you all to take an oath not to cut a cake to celebrate birthdays, instead offer prayers in the temple to celebrate it. In Indian culture, there is no tradition to cut a cake. It is unfortunate that we are moving towards western culture despite the fact that our own culture is strong and old,\u201d Singh said at a religious function in Bihar\u2019s Aurangabad district.
\nSingh, who is minister of state for micro, small & medium enterprises (MSMEs), said Indian culture was ending fast in rural areas and it is a matter serious concern.
\n\u201cThese days children are addressing their mother as \u2018mummy\u2019 instead of \u2018maa\u2019 or \u2018maiya\u2019 and father as \u2018papa\u2019 instead of \u2018babuji\u2019 or \u2018pitaji\u2019. The words like \u2018maiya\u2019 and \u2018babuji\u2019 have an emotional connection,\u201d he said.
\nSingh said our ancient religion is declining in the society due to carelessness to save \u2018Sanatan Dharm Sanskriti\u2019. \u201cAll Hindus should be united to protect our religion. Unless we are united, religion will not be saved.\u201d
\nSingh reiterated that Muslims in India were not minority and hence should not be given that status.
\nThe minister said that the Muslim population in the country stands at 21 crore, adding it is not proper to treat such a large population as minority. \u201cThere should be a debate over this issue in the country.\u201d
\nSingh, a BJP Lok Sabha member from Nawada constituency in Bihar, is known as a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a champion of Hinduvta politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Union minister Giriraj Singh on Monday urged Hindus to take an oath to not cut cakes on birthdays, but offer prayers in a temple instead. \u201cI urge you all to take an oath not to cut a cake to celebrate birthdays, instead offer prayers in the temple to celebrate it. In Indian culture, there is […]<\/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":[1134],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45751"}],"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=45751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}