BJP leader Anurag Thakur slams Congress’ Rahul Gandhi and Uddhav Thackeray for remaining silent over ‘insults’ to Sanatan Dharma – Firstpost
Earlier this month, DMK leader A Raja had compared Sanatan Dharma to diseases like leprosy and HIV, which were socially stigmatized.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackrey for their silence over efforts by opposition leaders to “insult” the Sanatan Dharma.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) remarks come amid political conflict after DMK chief Udhayanidhi Stalin accused Sanatan Dharma of promoting division and discrimination among people and said it should be eradicated .
Days after Stalin’s remark, A Raja, another DMK leader, had compared Sanatan Dharma to diseases like leprosy and HIV, which were socially stigmatized.
Responding to a question from reporters here on Rahul Gandhi’s statement that he has read the Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita and that there is nothing Hindu in what the BJP is doing, Thakur said: “The opposition should break its silence on insults to Sanatan Dharma. »
“The opposition is limited to insulting Sanatan Dharma. This shows their mentality and their efforts to insult Sanatan Dharma,” the minister said.
Asked about Rahul Gandhi’s comments on the India versus Bharat debate, Thakur said some people are in the habit of “spreading fear and confusion and lying”. They’ve been doing this all their lives, he added.
On Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray’s statement that a “Godhra-like” incident could take place after the inauguration of the Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, Thakur said some people had forgotten their ideology for the benefit of the greed for power.
“I don’t know what Balasaheb (the late founder of Shiv Sena and father of Uddhav Thackeray) would have thought today and what Uddhav ji is doing today for the greed of power. Rahul ji and Uddhav ji did not say a word when so much was said about Sanatan Dharma,” Thakur added.
Thackeray on Sunday alleged that a “Godhra-like” incident could take place during the “return journey” of a large number of people who are expected to converge in Ayodhya from across the country for the inauguration of the Ram temple.
The temple is expected to be inaugurated in January 2024, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for next year.
On February 27, 2002, ‘karsevaks’ returning from Ayodhya on the Sabarmati Express were attacked and their carriage was set on fire at Godhra railway station in Gujarat, leading to several deaths and triggering large-scale riots across the country. State.
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