Amid the Adipurush row, Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti has called for the constitution of the Sanatan Hindu Censor Board. The demands were made during a meeting held at GNDC Convention Hall, Delhi on October 8, 2022, which was attended by the Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti, Akada Parishad, and saints of various akhadas across the country. The resolution demanding to remove the word ‘minority’ from the description of religious groups and abolishing the Ministry of Minority Affairs was also passed in the meeting. “There is no minority and majority in India,” Mahamandaleshwar Swami Yatindranand Giri said. General secretary of All India Sant Samiti, Jitendranand Saraswati informed that “the saints reiterated in the meeting that they would pursue the issues of the Gyanvyapi in Varanasi and the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura”. VHP general secretary Ashok Tiwari said:
They demanded the setting up of a Sanatan Censor Board, as Hindu deities, gods, and religious leaders are repeatedly not being projected appropriately and shown in a bad light in Bollywood movies.
“A resolution was passed in the meeting, demanding that the Waqf Board and the Ministry of Minority Affairs should be abolished”, Tiwari added.
“This is a good decision by Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti to demand for the constitution of a Hindu Sanatan Sanskriti Censor Board. I urge PM Modi and Amit Shah to implement such a policy. Bollywood insults Hindu gods and goddesses and Sanatan Dharma. In Adipurush movie, Lord Hanuman and Ravana have been portrayed as Muslims. What kind of portrayal of Sanatan Dharma is this?” Karshni Nagendra Maharaj, in-charge Kashi Vidvat Parishad said while speaking to ANI.
Nagendra Maharaj added that “there is a big conspiracy by the Muslim countries to defame Hindu Sanatan Dharma using Bollywood”. He further said:
These people always regress Sanatan Dharma. They should be banned. The Central government should take a decision in this regard otherwise the Sant samaj and all Dharmacharyas will call for a big movement. The Muslim countries provide the funding with the motive to ruin the Hindu culture. Several Hindu nations of ancient times were made Muslim countries. This is a big conspiracy to destroy the Hindu Rastra Sanatan culture. And Bollywood is part of this conspiracy and doing these kinds of works.
Nagendra Maharaj added that “the censor board that passes such movies should be prohibited”.
Dharmacharya Gopesh Baba, another saint of Kashi Vidvat Parishad said:
This is a great initiative. This should be done. Bollywood since its inception has always been insulting Sanatan Dharma and Hindu gods and goddesses. They try to portray Sanatan in a bad way. And, this also impacts society. These kinds of movies should be boycotted.
Nautam Prakash Swami, Gujrat chapter president of Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti said:
India was a Hindu nation and it will always remain so. Indian culture is based on Hindu culture. Muslims attacked the nation 700 years ago but Hinduism was not affected. It is the land of Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh. Now portraying them in the wrong manner like what has been done in Adipurush. The Film Censor Board defames the saints and Sanatan dharma. So there should be a Sanatan Hindi censor board for the entire country. It is a country of Hindus and should be run by Hinduism.
Nautam Prakash Swami further demanded the abolishment of the Waqf board and said:
The land controlled by the Waqf Board should now be acquired by the Government of India and the state governments.
Meanwhile, advocate Raj Gaurav has moved a plea in the Delhi High Court, against Bhushan Kumar and Om Raut, the producer, and director of Adipurush, seeking a stay on the release of the film. Advocate Gaurav has said in the plea that Lord Rama, Hanuman, and Ravana have been shown inaccurately, hurting the Hindu religious sentiments.
