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BJP files complaint against Goa activist over vulgar image of 'Christ'
Monday January 14, 2013 09:57:32 PM,
IANS
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Panaji:
A digitally altered image posted on Facebook allegedly of Jesus
Christ has prompted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa to
file a police complaint against a lawyer and activist who had
uploaded it on the social networking site.
The complaint lodged with Director General of Police Kishen Kumar
has sought action against activist Aires Rodrigues for hurting
religious sentiments by uploading an image of "Christ" showing the
middle finger, Goa BJP's vice-president Wilfred Mesquita told
reporters here Monday.
"This is a vulgar picture of Jesus Christ that he has uploaded in
order to make a point against the BJP. Such use of religious
imagery is aimed at creating hatred with a community," Mesquita
said.
Rodrigues has in the past taken on both the Congress as well as
the BJP government over issues like governance and overspending.
The photo was uploaded days after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
reportedly said that in his role as chief minister, he was
suffering like Christ himself.
"The stoic silence by the Church on this outrageous and demeaning
comparison by the chief minister is deafening. A very sorry state
of affairs," Rodrigues said in his controversial Facebook post.
Rodrigues said that he was himself a born Catholic and the post
was "without any malice and should offend none".
"Nowhere in the post is it said that the picture accompanying the
post was that of Jesus Christ," the lawyer activist said.
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