Cong Believes in Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Sita Ram’, BJP in Godse’s ‘Ram’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

Elevating the ‘Jai Sita Ram’ slogan within the legislative meeting, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday asserted that he too is a disciple of Lord Ram and has constructed two temples in his village devoted to the deity.

The Chief Minister was replying to the dialogue on the funds within the Meeting amid protests by the BJP and JD(S) demanding the Congress authorities’s resignation for its “inaction” in nabbing the culprits who allegedly raised the ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans, after the ruling occasion member Syed Naseer Hussain was declared elected to the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. BJP and JD(S) members later staged a walkout.

“Individuals are watching you (BJP), you might be defending injustice performed to the state (by the Centre). They (state BJP leaders) don’t have the center to talk in entrance of Modi,” Siddaramaiah mentioned, hitting again at BJP legislators, as they had been shouting “Modi, Modi” slogans.

Then once they began shouting “Jai Sri Ram” slogans, he replied with chants of “Jai Jai Sita Ram, Jai Jai Sita Ram.” “BJP folks don’t have a mind inside their head, their head is empty. They haven’t learn Ramayana or Mahabharata, they only hearken to what others say. Somebody has constructed a Ram temple there in Ayodhya, for that these folks shout slogans right here. I too have constructed Ram temples,” the Chief Minister mentioned.

Persevering with, Siddaramaiah mentioned, “For every thing they are saying Jai Sri Ram. Aren’t we Ram Bhakts? We don’t simply say Jai Sri Ram, we are saying Jai Sita Ram, as a result of ours is a joint household system. You see in all Ram temples there might be Sri Ramachandra, Sita, Lakshman and Anjaneya (Hanuman), however these folks (BJP) solely say Jai Sri Ram.” Stating that he has constructed two Ram temples in his village, he mentioned, “Am I not Ram Bhakt? I’ve Rama in my identify,” he mentioned, as he accused BJP of “dividing households”. “They’ve divided Ram and Sita– husband and spouse, additionally brothers (Ram and Lakshman),” he added.

“We (Congress) imagine in Mahatma Gandhi’s Sita Ram, BJP believes in Godse’s (Nathuram Godse) Ram. That’s the distinction between BJP and Congress. They (BJP) by no means had Rashtra Bhakti, they had been with the British throughout the freedom battle, they need to be ashamed,” the chief minister mentioned.

Accusing the BJP of betraying Kannadigas by not taking a stand towards “injustice” brought on to the state by the central authorities, Siddaramaiah additionally focused the JD(S) by questioning its secular credentials for allying with the saffron occasion.

“Take away the phrase ‘secular’ from the occasion identify and rename it as ‘Janata Dal (BJP),” he mentioned. “Don’t maintain the identify as JD(S), as a result of I used to be the primary state president, when the occasion was shaped after Janata Dal break up into JD(S) and JD(U). As you’ve gotten gone with BJP, take away ‘secular’ from the occasion identify, if you wish to maintain it, come out of it (alliance with BJP),” the chief minister mentioned.

Accusing BJP of betraying Kannadigas, the CM mentioned, “BJP members ought to have been within the Home, I’d have gotten extra inspiration to talk. As they will’t hearken to the reality I’m bringing out, they’re enjoying this drama (by staging a stroll out).”

Stating that one BJP MLA cross voted in favour of Congress throughout the latest Rajya Sabha polls, whereas the opposite abstained, he mentioned that this is the reason they’re making this alleged ‘pro-Pakistan slogan’ concern large, regardless of the federal government initiating investigation. “Lies is the house deity of BJP. They will’t sat something aside from lies, together with Narendra Modi. BJP is a manufacturing unit that manufactures lies,” he alleged.

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