NEW DELHI: An Indian politician has made a bizarre demand government should declare the moon as a ‘Hindu state’ before others lay claim to it.
All India Hindu Mahasabha National President, Swami Chakrapani Maharaj, put forth the unusual demand following the successful soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 mission on the lunar surface.
The Hindu seer demanded that the Moon should be declared a “Hindu Rashtra” (Hindu state) before other ideologies, religions, or countries lay their claim on it.
He aired this demand publicly and shared a video message as well. In his post, he pressed that India should declare Moon as a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ by passing a resolution from the Parliament.
In the video message, he said, “I want India to declare the Moon as a Hindu Rashtra with a resolution in Parliament and efforts from the UN.”
He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for naming the landing site of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft as ‘Shiv Shakti Point’, which he says should be developed as its capital.
He said the Indian government should “act quickly so that no terrorists can reach the Moon”.
“Moon should be declared as Hindu Sanatan Rashtra by Parliament, Shiv Shakti Point should be developed as its capital at the landing place of Chandrayaan-3, so that no terrorist can reach there with Jihadi mentality,” he said.
He pointed out the moon’s reverence in the Hindu belief system and added that we have a deep and age-old connection with the Moon.
He also announced that when travel to the moon becomes convenient, a grand temple will be built at the Shiv Shakti point on the moon.
