‘Nothing Wrong if Muslims Celebrate Garba’: Amruta Fadnavis Rejects VHP Call to Keep Muslims Out

'Our festival is inclusive': Amruta Fadnavis opposes VHP call to ban Muslims from Navratri events

Maharashtra BJP minister Nitesh Rane has backed VHP's call, saying such events have become breeding grounds for 'love jihad' cases.

Minister's wife is most trolled: Amruta Fadnavis on Garba row, 'love jihad' debate

Amruta Fadnavis said Garba and other Hindu festivals should be open to people of all faiths if they participate peacefully. Her remarks came as Maharashtra's row over Muslim participation, identity checks and festival rules intensified ahead of Navratri.

'Nothing wrong if a Muslim...': Amruta Fadnavis differs with VHP

Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has stated that festivals like Navratri are inclusive and there is nothing wrong with Muslim individuals attending the celebrations, despite the Vishva Hindu Parishad's call to bar Muslims from such events and BJP leader Nitesh Rane's support for the ban.

‘Nothing wrong if Muslims celebrate Garba’: Amruta Fadnavis rejects VHP call to keep Muslims out

Speaking to reporters in Chandrapur on Wednesday, Amruta said there was nothing objectionable about a Muslim participating in the festivities as long as the person followed the rules governing the celebrations. “If a Muslim person comes there and enjoys the celebration without violating any rule, I do not see anything wrong in it,” she said

Amruta Fadnavis Backs Inclusive Garba Amid ‘Love Jihad’ Row

Amruta Fadnavis, social worker and wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has entered the debate over Muslim participation in Garba and Dandiya events, arguing that Hindu festivals should remain open to people from different communities who participate peacefully and respectfully. Speaking to reporters after a Dahi Handi programme in Nagpur, Amruta Fadnavis also addressed […]