BJP treating Ram as vote bank, says SP leader

  • | Saturday | 21st July, 2018

He also claimed that BJP is stalling construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.“Ram humare ishwar hain, lekin BJP ke liye ek vote bank hain (Ram is God for us, but for BJP he is a vote bank),” he told reporters in Ballia on Friday.He added, “Ram is a symbol of faith for us, but BJP is selling him in market for political gain. Ram is all powerful, he will destroy the BJP.”He added that that people will have to get rid of BJP to evade destruction.Chaudhary also held BJP responsible for stalling the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. VARANASI: Launching a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), senior SP leader and leader of opposition in UP legislative assembly Ram Govind Chaudhary accused the saffron party of treating Lord Ram as a vote bank and said the country and the state are suffering from draught, flood and other natural disasters due to the sins committed by the BJP. Whenever BJP comes to power in the country or the state, one witnesses natural disasters like ‘aakaal’ (famine), flood and draught. Jab astha se khilwad hoga aur agar ishwar hai to who apna prakop dikyega’ (India is a land of faith.

VARANASI: Launching a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), senior SP leader and leader of opposition in UP legislative assembly Ram Govind Chaudhary accused the saffron party of treating Lord Ram as a vote bank and said the country and the state are suffering from draught, flood and other natural disasters due to the sins committed by the BJP. He also claimed that BJP is stalling construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.“Ram humare ishwar hain, lekin BJP ke liye ek vote bank hain (Ram is God for us, but for BJP he is a vote bank),” he told reporters in Ballia on Friday.He added, “Ram is a symbol of faith for us, but BJP is selling him in market for political gain. If the almighty is put on sale in market, he would show his anger. The almighty will punish (BJP) them.”“Hindustan astha ka desh hai. Jab astha se khilwad hoga aur agar ishwar hai to who apna prakop dikyega’ (India is a land of faith. If we believe in God, he would certainly show his fury when faith is hurt),” he said and added that “deities like Ram, Krishna, Shiv and sacred rivers like Ganga, Yamuna and Sarayu are the centre of faith for the people”.Elaborating his point, Chaudhary said: “The weather takes an ugly turn in a country where the ruler indulges in sinful activities and corruption. Whenever BJP comes to power in the country or the state, one witnesses natural disasters like ‘aakaal’ (famine), flood and draught. Ram is all powerful, he will destroy the BJP.”He added that that people will have to get rid of BJP to evade destruction.Chaudhary also held BJP responsible for stalling the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. “The lock (of the temple) was opened during the regime of Veer Bhadur Singh in UP and Rajiv Gandhi at the Centre, and the foundation of temple was also laid. The temple could have been constructed peacefully, but a dispute arose after senior BJP leader L K Advani started a ‘rathyatra’.”“Masjid bhi gir gaya, aur tab se mamla adhar mein hai (The mosque fell, and since then the matter is lingering). Had the BJP not come forward, the matter would have been resolved and temple would have been constructed,” he claimed.Asked about the existence of ‘Hindu terrorism’, he said: Terrorism, whether attributed to Muslims or Hindus, creates a sense of fear in the society. If Muslims are involved in terrorism, some Hindus were also arrested for involvement in terror activities.”

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