BJP office bearers were booked by Himachal police on Thursday for singing 'political bhajans' on the premises of Maa Shoolini temple in Solan district.
The FIR lodged by Poonam Bansal was registered against BJP state vice president Rashmi Dhar Sood, Deputy Mayor of Solan Municipal Corporation Meera Anand, and several others.
The complainant Bansal alleged that the BJP women activists came to the temple and started 'Bhajan and Kirtan' in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the famous Shoolini temple on Wednesday evening.
FIR was lodged under sections 188 (causing danger by disobedience), 505(3) (spreading rumours), 34 (criminal act done by several persons with common intention), and sections of the Religious Institution (Prevention and Misuse) Act 1988, police said.
The act drew criticism from the ruling government. Condemning the incident, Solan district Congress president, Shiv Kumar said that the BJP was converting the temples into a den of politics. The Election Commission and administration have taken notice of it, and action will follow.
Linking religion with faith is correct but BJP is mingling it with politics which is wrong, he added.
The Congress filed a complaint with the Election Commission and the district administration following which the police registered the FIR on the instructions of the Deputy Commissioner.
Further investigations are underway, officials said.
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