15 October 2016 09:34 am Views - 9360
In his Vijayadashmi address in Lucknow recently, Modi had linked Ravana with terrorism and said that “the first person to fight terror was neither a soldier nor a politician, but the mythological bird Jatayu who fought against Ravana to protect a helpless Sita, whom he was trying to kidnap”.
“We condemn the statement made by the Indian Prime Minister equalling King Ravana to a terrorist,” Ven. Ittapane Saddhatissa, a Buddhist monk who leads the Ravana Force, said adding that the Ravana Force would soon hand over a petition to the Indian High Commission here, protesting against this remark.
Ven. Saddhatissa Thera said Modi’s comment hampers the ongoing reconciliation process in Sri Lanka. Another organisation called the Ravana Shakthi said Ravana had not been dubbed a terrorist even in the Ramayanaya. (PTI)