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In a session on ``Indian Culture and Hindi'', a delegate from Trinidad and Tobago, B. Upadhyay, snatched the mike from a speaker who sought to project Hindu culture as the composite Indian culture. The uproar began when the chairman of the session, Dharmpal Maini, dwelt at length on Hindu culture and started throwing light on the caste system and the belief in reincarnation. The chairman of the Sanatan Dharm Mahasabha of Holland, Shyam Pandey, took exception to it and said that it was not proper to regard Hindu culture as Indian culture. It was then opposed also by Bhagwat Rawat, Kamla Prasad and Rajesh Joshi of Madhya Pradesh. In the midst of all this, representatives from Surinam, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago began speaking in support of Dharmpal Maini. Ram Bachan Rai of Bihar then came on the dais and opposed the viewpoint of Maini. Mr. Maini is among the 10 persons from India chosen for being honoured at this conference. Mr. Upadhyay then uprooted the mike and said the session was over. When the address system was restored, it started playing verses from the Ram Charit Manas. Mr. Rawat, Mr. Prasad and Mr. Joshi condemned the development as an attempt to saffronise the conference and said this had converted the World Hindi Conference into World Hindu Conference. — PTI
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