Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP of using Ayodhya Ram temple to hide their failures
The Hindu
Claiming that PM Narendra Modi, who is about to complete 10 years in office, does not have the confidence to win the elections by presenting his achievements to voters, the Karnataka CM said, “For this reason, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, he is inaugurating the Ram temple, construction of which is yet to be completed. Mr Modi is trying to cover up his failures by attempting to create a Hindutva wave.”
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defended the Congress high command’s decision not to attend the consecration ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya saying the ruling BJP at the Centre has turned a religious event into a political affair.
“We are all devotees of Lord Sri Ram. But we are opposing the use of Sri Ram temple for political gains by the BJP,” Mr Siddaramaiah told reporters in Bengaluru on January 11.
The Chief Minister claimed that voters have been seriously observing the politics of BJP and the Sangh Parivar for the last 35 years, and would not fall victim to their trap. “People have already started asking for the account of donations collected in the name of bricks,” he said.
Mr Siddaramaiah accused the BJP and RSS of having turned a religious event into a party function, thereby insulting 140 crore Indians.
The purported statement of the secretary of the Ram Mandir Trust that Shaiva and Shaktas have no authority in the Ram mandir has led to a controversy. “It (statement of the secretary of the Ram Mandir Trust) has created a controversy. If it is true, it is an insult to all Shaivites,” he said.
Four shankaracharyas are reported to have boycotted the consecration of the temple ‘in protest against the misuse of the Ram mandir for politics’.
In a statement on X, Mr Siddaramaiah supported the decision of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, senior leader Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to not participate in the inauguration programme in Ayodhya.
Nearly 50% of Dakshina Kannada’s shoreline has been eroded, the highest among the three coastal districts of Karnataka, according to a study for the period 1990-2018 by the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR).
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