Ahead Of Madhya Pradesh Polls, Congress Chalks Out Religious Itinerary
NDTV
Madhya Pradesh Elections: Congress has sent missives to all its block-level units asking that programmes like recitation of Ram Katha and enactment of Ram Leela be held on Ram Navami.
The Congress in Madhya Pradesh has asked its units across the state to organise special events and prayers on the occasions of Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti, evoking mocking guffaws from the BJP camp. The ruling BJP is celebrating Ram Navami with special events in religious places like Chitrakoot and Orchha. Earthen lamps will be lit in every Ram temple in the state.
The Congress, meanwhile, has sent missives to all its block-level units asking that programmes like recitation of Ram Katha and enactment of Ram Leela be held on Ram Navami. On Hanuman Jayanti, there should be readings from the Sundar Kand (OF Ramcharitmanas?) and Hanuman Chalisa, directed Chandraprabhash Shekhar, vice-president in-charge of the organization, in his letters.
Senior leader and former Chief Minister Kamal Nath will also issue a message on Ram Navmi and hold a religious programme on Hanuman Jayanti at Chhindwara.
The ruling BJP has ridiculed the move as "hypocrisy", declaring that Congress leaders had termed Lord Ram as an imaginary character. Assembly polls are due in the state next year.
