: Delhi minister Rajendra Pal Gautam resigns after row over him attending religious conversion event #IndiaNEWS Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Rajendra Pal Gautam on Sunday resigned from his

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Delhi minister Rajendra Pal Gautam resigns after row over him attending religious conversion event #IndiaNEWS
Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Rajendra Pal Gautam on Sunday resigned from his post days after a video was shared on social media of him attending an event where some Hindus vowed to convert to Buddhism.Gautam, the social welfare minister in the Delhi government, had attended the event on October 5 and shared its pictures, saying that 10,000 intellectuals took a pledge to make a caste-free and untouchable India by adopting the Buddhist faith. On Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party had sought Gautam’s resignation. BJP Lok Sabha MP Manoj Tiwari had alleged that the event was an attempt to incite hatred among Hindus and Buddhists.A day later, Banners calling Kejriwal “anti-Hinduâ€? and showing him in a Muslim prayer cap were also pasted in several Gujarat cities. The Aam Aadmi Party is seeking to make a foray in the Gujarat Assembly elections that are slated to take place in December.In his resignation letter on Sunday, Gautam said that he did not want Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party to suffer any harm due to his actions. He reiterated that he only repeated vows taken by BR Ambedkar, that include a pledge for equality and no faith in deities.आज महरà¥?षि वालà¥

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