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VHP Demands Apology From Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri Over Tax Religion Remark
- •The Vishva Hindu Parishad has asked filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri to withdraw his tax religion statement and apologise to devout Hindus.
- •Agnotri had posted on X that taxing religion would make India rich by forcing people to focus on innovation instead of divine miracles.
- •VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal criticized Agnihotri for pitting pilgrimage sites and faith against productivity and progress.
- •Bansal questioned if the remarks were made to promote a new film and reminded Agnihotri that nationalist Hindus made his films successful.
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The VHP asked Vivek Agnihotri to withdraw his statement and apologise after he reposted a video from Kainchi Dham in Uttarakhand and remarked that taxing religion would make India the richest country because people would quit religion and focus on innovation instead of waiting for miracles, which the VHP condemned as hurting the sentiments of devout Hindus.
Vivek Agnihotri stated on X that if the government could tax religion, India would become the richest country overnight, claiming people would quit religion to focus on innovation, progress, and productivity instead of waiting for miracles or divine interventions.
VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal criticised Agnihotri for pitting religion against innovation, defended pilgrimage sites as the soul of India, questioned the film industry's hypocrisy in seeking tax exemptions while proposing a religion tax, and asked if the remarks were a stunt to promote a new film.
