Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that every ‘Ram devotee is not a BJP supporter, after his Lord Ram-related post on social platform X invited controversy.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor [Photo: ANI]
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that every ‘Ram devotee is not a BJP supporter, after his Lord Ram-related post on social platform X invited controversy.
Speaking to Media persons at the Government Law College in Thiruvananthapuram following a protest by the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) activists and others against him over his Lord Ram-related tweet on social media platform X, Sashi Tharoor said that the tweet was misinterpreted and that he was not ready to give up Sri Ram to the BJP
Tharoor had posted a picture of the Lord Ram idol in Ayodhya along with a message in Hindi – ‘Siyavar Ramchandra ki jai’.
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The Congress working committee member said he saw no reason why he or Congress should relinquish Lord Ram to the BJP. Although the BJP would like it, he is not prepared to hand over Lord Ram to them, Tharoor said
“Not all Hindus who pray to Shri Ram are BJP members.It should be possible to spread the faith in your own unique way,” Tharoor said
Shashi Tharoor claimed that the Congress had chosen not to attend as they considered it to be a “political programme”.He said that no one in the party was opposing the Ram temple, “we were only opposed to the event.”
“It should be possible to spread the faith in your own unique way.If I go to a temple, it is to pray and not for political reasons. Someday I will go to Ayodhya, but it will be on my terms,” he said.
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