Now,Sena seeks ban on burqa

Sena has sought a ban on burqa,saying the veil worn by Muslim women is being misused for stealing babies.

The Shiv Sena has sought a ban on the burqa,saying the veil worn by Muslim women is being misused for stealing babies. The party was referring to last weeks incident of a two-year-old baby being allegedly stolen by a veiled woman after duping the childs grandmother at a civic hospital in Mumbai,where the boy and his twin sister had been taken to be administered a vaccine.

The burqa is an identity for Muslim women. Actually,it is a form of fundamentalism and harassment,but if these burqas are being used for stealing children,then we are today demanding a legal ban on burqas, said an editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamna on Tuesday.

The editorial comment also praised French President Nicolas Sarkozy for calling a ban on the veil in France. The Sena hailed Sarkozy saying it was a revolutionary step and also referred to ban on burqas in several other countries.

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The burqa means slavery of Muslim women, the editorial said and called upon Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil to ban the veil in the state as a security measure. The party also sought capital punishment for those stealing children.

The party organ also sought strict security in hospitals to protect children in particular and added the security apparatus in hospitals run by the civic body and the government had collapsed due to overcrowding.

Sources in the LJP (RV) said the names of the remaining 15 candidates would also be announced very soon.

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