NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at Congress and different opposition events in addition to others who had attacked him for visting CJI D Y Chandrachud‘s residence for Ganpati puja, saying that the criticism by Congress and its “ecosystem” was harking back to the hatred of the British in direction of Ganesh puja and their “divide-and-rule” techniques.
In his first response to assaults by opposition events and liberal activists for visiting CJI’s Ganpati rituals, PM stated that Ganesh utsav isn’t just a competition of religion nevertheless it additionally performed an essential function within the freedom battle.”When the British had been making an attempt to divide the nation of their starvation for energy, divide and rule grew to become their weapon… then Lokmanya Tilak woke up the soul of India by means of public occasions of Ganesh utsav,” the PM stated in a reference to Tilak’s use of Ganesh puja celebrations for mass mobilisation through the freedom battle.
Talking at a rally in Odisha, PM Modi stated: “Even immediately, energy hungry people who find themselves busy dividing and breaking society are having issues with Ganesh puja. You will need to have seen that the individuals of Congress and its ecosystem are offended as a result of I participated in Ganesh puja.”
PM additionally referred to the police in Congress-governed Karnataka confiscating an idol of Lord Ganesh after a gaggle protested towards it being taken in a procession alongside a specific route. “This hateful considering, this mentality of poisoning society may be very harmful for our nation,” stated Modi.
Reacting to Modi’s remarks, Congress basic secretary Okay C Venugopal stated, “The distinction between true bhakti and misuse of faith for politics isn’t hidden from anybody. Simply when Maharashtra elections are not far away, the PM decides to go together with a digicam crew for Ganesh puja. Not solely that, that is to the CJI’s home, in contravention of all ideas of judicial separation.”
In his first response to assaults by opposition events and liberal activists for visiting CJI’s Ganpati rituals, PM stated that Ganesh utsav isn’t just a competition of religion nevertheless it additionally performed an essential function within the freedom battle.”When the British had been making an attempt to divide the nation of their starvation for energy, divide and rule grew to become their weapon… then Lokmanya Tilak woke up the soul of India by means of public occasions of Ganesh utsav,” the PM stated in a reference to Tilak’s use of Ganesh puja celebrations for mass mobilisation through the freedom battle.
Talking at a rally in Odisha, PM Modi stated: “Even immediately, energy hungry people who find themselves busy dividing and breaking society are having issues with Ganesh puja. You will need to have seen that the individuals of Congress and its ecosystem are offended as a result of I participated in Ganesh puja.”
PM additionally referred to the police in Congress-governed Karnataka confiscating an idol of Lord Ganesh after a gaggle protested towards it being taken in a procession alongside a specific route. “This hateful considering, this mentality of poisoning society may be very harmful for our nation,” stated Modi.
Reacting to Modi’s remarks, Congress basic secretary Okay C Venugopal stated, “The distinction between true bhakti and misuse of faith for politics isn’t hidden from anybody. Simply when Maharashtra elections are not far away, the PM decides to go together with a digicam crew for Ganesh puja. Not solely that, that is to the CJI’s home, in contravention of all ideas of judicial separation.”
