» Given up Hindutva , Alleges BJP as Sena Links Drive to Collect Ram Temple Funds With Canvassing For 2024 LS Elections
2-MIN READ Given up Hindutva , Alleges BJP as Sena Links Drive to Collect Ram Temple Funds With Canvassing For 2024 LS Elections
BJP leader Pravin Darekar
The Shiv Sena had 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.
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The Shiv Sena linking the drive to collect funds from people for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya with canvassing for the 2024 general polls suggests that the Uddhav Thackeray-led party has given up Hindutva , BJP leader Pravin Darekar alleged on Monday. Speaking to reporters here, the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council also said that Sena MP Sanjay Raut made critical remarks about the initiative seemingly sensing that the party is losing its mass b
In the editorial of its mouthpiece Saamana , the Sena 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. It is the insult of Lord Ram and Hindutva if donations are sought in God s name, going door-to-door, Raut, executive editor of Saamana , had told reporters.
Without naming any party, he also called for stopping the political drama in the name of the Lord Ram.
Hitting back, Darekar said, We can see statements coming from the Shiv Sena as if it has nearly given up Hindutva.
Updated Dec 21, 2020 | 13:17 IST
An editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana said it was never decided that the grand temple will be constructed through public donations. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut | Photo Credit: IANS
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 .
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The support of every Ram devotee from all over the country will be solicited for the grand temple to be built at the birthplace of Lord Ram in Ayodhya, Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai said, adding that for this, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists will go from door to door, accompanied by venerated seers and others.
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In order to maintain transparency in the financial dealings and transactions, the trust has printed four crore coupons of Rs 10 denomination, eight crore coupons of Rs 100 and 12 lakh coupons of Rs 1,000 denomination, Rai said.
Lucknow: The Shiv Sena has given Rs one crore and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Rs 11 lakh for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai said here on Friday. The Shiv Sena has given Rs one crore and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given Rs 11 lakh in his personal capacity for the const