New Delhi, Sep 30 (PTI) The BJP on Wednesday slammed Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for his recent remarks about Lord Ram and Lord Shiva, and accused the Congress of trying to create divisions within Hindus.
On Monday, Reddy claimed that the Congress is successful only in the south but not in the northern states, as the “BJP stole Lord Ram who is revered in the north, while Shiva is worshipped in the southern states”.
Addressing a conclave organised by a media organisation in Delhi, the Telangana chief minister also said Shiva is the God of the poor while Ram is the God of the rich, and the BJP is a party of the rich.
“We are Dravidians. People here (north) are Aryans. We are devotees of Shiva. These are devotees of Lord Ram. BJP stole Ram. It’s an emotion. It’s a sentiment. Why doesn’t Modi ji say, ‘Har Har Mahadev?’ Have BJP people ever said Har Har Mahadev on a stage? They say only Jai Sri Ram. When we say Har Har Mahadev, they don’t like it,” Reddy said.
Reacting to Reddy’s remarks, BJP spokesperson Sudhansu Trivedi alleged that the Congress, which has been fully complicit in every conspiracy to divide Hindu society with all its might, has now stooped to the level of dividing the Hindu gods themselves.
“I believe this is one of the most vile examples of politics in India,” he said at the press conference at the BJP headquarters here. PTI PK ASD ASD
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