Return to hard line Hindutva top on BJP agenda
The massive turnout at the Hindu Sangam served as a reminder to the BJP leadership not to shirk the Ram Temple issue. So the BJP leaders who had come to Lucknow saying that Ram Mandir was not on the agenda went back vehemently proclaiming the cause of Mandir but also other related issues, largely neglected so far, like the liberation of Mathura and Kashi temples, Article 370, Common Civil Code and ban on cow slaughter. Of course, the newly coined slogan of Muslim appeasement was one of them.
The large turnout of Dharmacharyas and VHP cadres at the venue resulted in sidelining of those who favoured toning down of Hindutva card during the canvassing for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the State. The recently concluded civic elections and the victory of BJP in those elections, particularly at Lucknow, further boosted the moral of party cadres who saw these elections as watermark and a signal that the people of the State wanted the BJP to come back to power.
Speaking on the occasion, senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra said that there would be repolarisation of political forces after the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections in states of Punjab, Uttaranchal and UP, all three states where anti-incumbency factor is to play a big role in formation of a new government at Lucknow. Malhotra stressed that the move to shelve the temple issue during the NDA regime had harmed the BJP that had its own compulsions.
This, along with speeches confirming this by Ramjanam Bhoomi Nyas president Nritya Gopal Das, Shankaracharya of Puri Swami Nischalanand, former MP Rambilas Vedanti, former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand, head of Gorakhnath Temple Trust Mahant Avaidyanath and BJP MP Yogi Adityanath, were clear indicator that a return to hardline Hindutva was on the card.
The massive turnout at the Hindu Sangam served as a reminder to the BJP leadership not to shirk the Ram Temple issue. So the BJP leaders who had come to Lucknow saying that Ram Mandir was not on the agenda went back vehemently proclaiming the cause of Mandir but also other related issues, largely neglected so far, like the liberation of Mathura and Kashi temples, Article 370, Common Civil Code and ban on cow slaughter. Of course, the newly coined slogan of Muslim appeasement was one of them.
The large turnout of Dharmacharyas and VHP cadres at the venue resulted in sidelining of those who favoured toning down of Hindutva card during the canvassing for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the State. The recently concluded civic elections and the victory of BJP in those elections, particularly at Lucknow, further boosted the moral of party cadres who saw these elections as watermark and a signal that the people of the State wanted the BJP to come back to power.
Speaking on the occasion, senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra said that there would be repolarisation of political forces after the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections in states of Punjab, Uttaranchal and UP, all three states where anti-incumbency factor is to play a big role in formation of a new government at Lucknow. Malhotra stressed that the move to shelve the temple issue during the NDA regime had harmed the BJP that had its own compulsions.
This, along with speeches confirming this by Ramjanam Bhoomi Nyas president Nritya Gopal Das, Shankaracharya of Puri Swami Nischalanand, former MP Rambilas Vedanti, former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand, head of Gorakhnath Temple Trust Mahant Avaidyanath and BJP MP Yogi Adityanath, were clear indicator that a return to hardline Hindutva was on the card.
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