RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s current go to to Chhattisgarh’s Kaushalya temple following an invite from Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has sparked a recent controversy between the ruling Congress within the state and the most important opposition BJP.
Last Tuesday, Bhagwat together with Chhattisgarh RSS functionaries had gone to go to the Kaushalya temple in Chandrakhuri city, about 23 km from the capital Raipur, which is thought to be the one temple devoted to the mom of Lord Rama.
Part of the Ram Van Gaman tourism circuit, the vacationer circuit based mostly on the route believed to have been taken over by Ram within the years spent in exile in Chhattisgarh, the temple was renovated by the Baghel-led authorities in 2021. Baghel additionally organized the primary anniversary celebrations of his authorities at Chandrakhuri in 2021.
Baghel publicly invited Bhagwat to go to the Kaushalya temple, when the latter arrived in Raipur earlier this week to attend an RSS convention. Later the CM stated in a tweet, ‘We had invited Mohan Bhagwat ji to go to Mata Kaushalya temple. I’m positive they will need to have felt a way of peace upon reaching there. They will need to have felt the brand new type of the temple, the love of Maa Kaushalya and the ability of Rama. He had additionally invited Bhagwat to attend a gothan (cow shelter) and a faculty the place Sanskrit had not too long ago been made a obligatory topic.
As the RSS objected to the chief minister’s invitation to its chief by way of the media, the Congress authorities despatched its Raipur chief Girish Dubey final Monday handy over a proper invitation to Bhagwat. At the identical time, the Congress criticized the RSS chief for “waiting for an invitation” to go to the temple, saying “our CM had invited him (Bhagwat). But through the media he expressed his ignorance. are here to invite you from.”
State Congress spokesperson Sushil Anand Shukla stated, ‘BJP does politics of hatred relating to faith. But the Congress authorities of Chhattisgarh has proven them the politics of connecting with the individuals.
BJP hit again at Congress for “politicizing religion”, BJP chief Dharamlal Kaushik stated “they (Congress) create such ruckus once they go to somebody’s private temple. Even in the event that they have been invited, did their Was there anybody to welcome? The Congress authorities is making faith a political difficulty. Bhagwat additionally visited the Ram temple constructed by the BJP authorities in Raipur on the identical day.
The state Congress has stated that on the heart of such row with the BJP is its vigorous give attention to temples, devgudi (tribal temples) and locations of worship, which the saffron celebration regards as the purpose of its rally. “The idea is that the BJP should not be allowed to spread the politics of hate on religion, cow and identity. We are setting a better example, a model,” stated a senior Congress chief.
The state BJP has drawn criticism from varied quarters for not doing sufficient on these factors whereas in energy, even because the celebration’s earlier authorities led by CM Raman Singh began work on Ram Van Gaman Path. .
Earlier, BJP chief Ajay Chandrakar had questioned the authenticity of the Kaushalya temple. “Can the Chief Minister inform us how he got here to know the place Kaushalya was born? Where is it written within the scriptures that Kaushalya was born right here?
The Baghel authorities can also be making an attempt to succeed in out to the tribals as part of their give attention to spiritual and identification points.
Earlier this week, tribal minister Kawasi Lakhma stated, “He (Baghel) is blessed by all the gods. He is working for the betterment of Chhattisgarhia and tribals. I am sure that Baghel’s ancestors were tribal, as he feels for the people.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
