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The Shiv Sena on Monday alleged that the mass contact initiative to collect funds from public for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya was akin to “canvassing” for the 2024 general elections in the name of Lord Ram.
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The BJP dismissed the charge, saying it was not a political issue for the party
It accused the Shiv Sena of creating hurdles in the donation initiative “in which people are participating voluntarily”
An editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said it was never decided that the grand temple would be constructed through public donations, and “political campaigning in the name of Lord Ram has to be stopped at some point of time”.
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The BJP, however, dismissed the charge, saying it is not a political issue for the party, and accused the Shiv Sena of laying roadblocks earlier in the bhoomi pujan of Ram temple construction.
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MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on Monday alleged that the mass contact initiative to collect funds from the public for the Ram temple construction in Ayodhya is akin to canvassing for the 2024 general elections in the name of Lord Ram.
The BJP, however, dismissed the charge, saying it is not a political issue for the party, and accused the Shiv Sena of laying roadblocks earlier in the bhoomi pujan of Ram temple construction and now by creating hurdles in the donation initiative in which people are participating voluntarily .
Shiv Sena Nearly Given Up Hindutva: BJP Over Ram Temple Funds Row
Using funds collected from the public to build the temple is akin to canvassing for the 2024 elections in the name of Lord Ram, the Shiv Sena had said earlier
PTI 21 December 2020 PTI PTI 2020-12-21T18:25:48+05:30 Shiv Sena Nearly Given Up Hindutva: BJP Over Ram Temple Funds Row outlookindia.com 2020-12-21T20:24:43+05:30
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Sena links Ram temple fund drive to 2024 LS polls; BJP refutes
The Shiv Sena on Monday alleged that the mass contact initiative to collect funds from the public for the Ram temple construction in Ayodhya is akin to canvassing for the 2024 general elections in the name of Lord Ram.
The BJP, however, dismissed the charge, saying it is not a political issue for the party, and accused the Shiv Sena of laying roadblocks earlier in the bhoomi pujan of Ram temple construction and now by creating hurdles in the donation initiative in which people are participating voluntarily .
An editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana said it was never decided that the grand temple will be constructed through public donations, and political campaigning in the name of Lord Ram has to be stopped at some point of time.
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