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Legal notice to the government to stop the ‘Mangal Shobhayatra’ on Poila Baisakh in Bangladesh

Rai Kishori
April 9, 2023 11:41 pm
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‘Mangal Shobhayatra’ on Poila Baisakh is not a part of Bengali culture. It is a completely artificial invention. The religious beliefs of the Muslim people are being openly insulted and Islam is being insulted by displaying the sculptures of various giant birds, fishes and various animals. Referring to these words, a legal notice has been sent to the government to stop the Mangal Shobhayatra.

Supreme Court lawyer Mahmudul Hasan sent this notice by registry mail today Sunday (April 9).

This notice has been sent to the Secretary of the Ministry of Culture, the Secretary of the Ministry of Religion, the Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Dhaka and the Dean of the Fine Arts Faculty of Dhaka University.

The notice said, ‘Poila Boishakh’ is an important part of Bengali culture. For thousands of years, Bengalis of different religions have been celebrating this first Baisakh with respect for each other’s religion. But it is very sad that an artificial activity called ‘Mangal Shobhayatra’ has been inserted into Bengali culture Paola Boishakh. Basically, Payala Boishakh has nothing to do with this artificially invented Mars procession.

According to Wikipedia, in 1989, a kind of procession called ‘Ananda Shobhayatra’ was started on Poila Baisakh. Later this ‘Ananda Shobhayatra’ was named as ‘Mangal Shobhayatra’.

The notice said, the word ‘Mangal’ is a religious term. People of all religions pray ‘mangal’ to their creator. Now the religious sentiments of the Muslim people are being hurt by displaying sculptures of giant birds, fishes and other animals along with this Mars procession, which is a direct violation of Article 2-A of the Bangladesh Constitution.

On the other hand, the religious beliefs of the Muslim people are being openly hurt and the religion of Islam is being insulted by displaying sculptures of giant birds, fish and various animals in this Mars procession. Which is a punishable offense under Section 295-A of the Penal Code.

This ‘Mangal Shobhayatra’ is not a part of Bengali culture. It is a completely artificial invention. This artificial activity called ‘Mangal Shobhayatra’ has been invented mainly to hurt the religious sentiments of the majority Muslim people of the country and to create conflict between the people of different religions in Bangladesh.

Lawyer Mahmudul Hasan said that the notice has asked the concerned to take immediate measures to stop this unconstitutional, illegal and artificially invented ‘Mangal Shobhayatra’. Otherwise a writ will be filed in the High Court in this regard.

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