Poem dropped from Gujarat govt’s Diwali magazine after VHP says it hurt religious sentiments

The Gujarat government has removed a poem from the online version of its annual Diwali publication after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad alleged it contained “objectionable” references to Lord Ram and Meera Bai, a VHP leader said. Poet Aziz Tankarvi’s composition in the online version of ‘Gujarat Deepotsavi Ank’, a magazine published by the state Information
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