#WATCH Uttar Pradesh Minister Chaudhary Lakshmi Narayan says ' I think Hanuman ji was a Jaat, because upon seeing someone being troubled a Jaat also jumps in even without knowing the issue or the people' pic.twitter.com/Scjme1PgCD
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Chandigarh, December 21: Lord Hanuman now has a new caste and this time he is a Jat. The claim was made by a Uttar Pradesh Minister.
Chaudhary Lakshmi Narayan, an interview to ANI, said: “I think Hanuman ji was a Jat, because upon seeing someone being troubled a Jaat also jumps in even without knowing the issue or the people.”
Hang on, we just got another identity for Hanuman. Uttar Pradesh Minister Chaudhary Lakshmi Narayan says Hanuman was a Jaat pic.twitter.com/W7jXm4SY4N
— Bobins Abraham (@BobinsAbraham) December 21, 2018
Narayan’s statement comes a day after Samajwadi Party-turned-BJP MLC Bhukkal Nawab, who declared him to be a Muslim.
He was a Dalit (CM Yogi)
He was a Hindu (MP Hari Om Pandey)
He was a Muslim (BJP's Bukkal Nawab)
He was a Jaat (UP Minister Chaudhary Lakshmi Narayan).
And He is Also Secular【धर्म-निरपेक्ष】
बनारस से है फ़ोटो.What's the truth? pic.twitter.com/qDXqSXIXvh
— Vijay Singh (@VijayAisa) December 21, 2018
Speaking to a news channel, Nawab had argued that Lord Hanuman was a Muslim as his name rhymed with names such as Salman, Zeeshan, Qurban, Suleman, Furqaan, Farman, Rahman, Ramzaan, etc.
“Can my Hindu brothers claim any other name, which rhymes with Hanuman? People do name their children Hanuman but there are no similar sounding names in Hinduism while there are so many such names in Islam,” he had contended.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had also kicked up a controversy during election campaign in Alwar (Rajasthan) recently when he claimed that Lord Hanuman was a Dalit.
