Russian Court Rejects Petition Urging for Ban on Bhagvad Gita

A Russian court dismissed the petition which had urged a ban on ISKON’s translated version of Bhagvad Gita.

Petitioners in the Siberian city of Tomsk seeks ban on the Russian translation of “Bhagavad Gita As It Is” because they feel it promotes “social discord” and hatred towards non-believers. They have urged court to ban the book under the Russian Federal List of Extremist Materials, which have already banned more than 1,000 texts including Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf.

The text in question is a combination of the Bhagvad Gita, and commentary by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON.

The judge, after evaluating the petition from the state prosecutors, rejected the plea.

“We have won the case. The judge has rejected the petition,” Sadhu Priya Das of ISKCON, Moscow, told PTI.

The case had created huge uproar in India and even the proceedings of the Parliament  was affected. External Affairs Minister S M Krishna had spoken to the Russian Ambassador in New Delhi and ask him to resolve the matter at the earliest.

Indian Government welcomed the judgement and thanked the Russian counterpart for their timely support.

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