Family in Bhind face boycott for inviting Brahmins to ritual feast
The boycott comes in response to a recent incident in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, where a Yadav storyteller was allegedly assaulted after it was found during a Bhagwat Katha that he was not a Brahmin.
On June 21 in Etawah, the storyteller was beaten, had his hair and eyebrows shaved, and was humiliated by being forced to rub his nose on a woman's feet. A Brahmin was then called to continue the Katha, and videos of the incident went viral, sparking outrage among Yadavs in other states.
In Bhind, a panchayat of the Yadav community had decided to boycott any family that involved Brahmins in religious rituals. Despite this, Kamal Yadav of Mau town organized a program on July 16 for his late mother and invited 13 Brahmins for feast.
The community panchayat, held on July 13, had declared such actions unacceptable.
Kamal Yadav said he was not informed of the panchayat's decision and had already made arrangements. "I've always followed family traditions. No one told me in time," he told the media. Other family members said that a few locals boycotted the event, but many from the area still attended.
Panchayat member and former Nagar Palika president Rajendra Prasad Yadav said the decision was taken after repeated disrespect toward Yadav storytellers. "The community had made its position clear. Kamal ignored it, so the boycott was enforced," he told the media.
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