Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday introduced an analogy with Ram to criticise the BJP and the RSS and stated they are saying ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and never ‘Jai Siya Ram’, as a result of they don’t worship Sita. The remark comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress for social gathering chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s Ravan jibe and stated that the Congress by no means believed in Ram however in contrast PM Modi with Ravan. Addressing a rally at Agar Malwa in Madhya Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi stated the that means of ‘Jai Siya Ram’ or ‘Jai Sita Ram’ is that Ram and Sita are the identical.
“How can they offer this slogan when there isn’t any girl within the social gathering (RSS)!” Rahul Gandhi stated.
“Gandhiji used to say ‘Hey Ram’. It was his slogan. What does this imply? It implies that Lord Ram was not solely a person however a lifestyle symbolising love, brotherhood, respect and tapasya (penance). When Gandhiji used to say ‘Hey Ram’, it meant that the beliefs of Lord Ram are inside us and we’ve to comply with them,” Rahul Gandhi stated.
“The second slogan is Jai Siya Ram which implies Sita and Ram are the identical. Lord Ram’s lifestyle, what he did for Sita are revered on this slogan. So once we say Jai Siya Ram, we keep in mind and respect Sita,” Rahul Gandhi stated including {that a} pundit got here to him and defined this to him. “I’m studying many issues on the yatra,” Rahul Gandhi stated.
“The third slogan is Jai Shi Ram which respects Lord Ram. The pundit ji requested me to boost the query that why the BJP by no means chants Jai Shri Ram however not Jai Siya Ram or Hey Ram. It was a deep thought,” Rahul Gandhi stated.
Then Rahul Gandhi went on to elucidate that RSS individuals went to the BJP they usually by no means embraced Lord Ram’s lifestyle. “Lord Ram by no means did injustice to anybody, he labored in the direction of uniting the society. He helped the farmers, businessmen and labourers. Proper?” Rahul Gandhi stated.
“And so they cannot say Jai Siya Ram as a result of there isn’t any girl within the social gathering and it isn’t an organisation of ‘Siya Ram’. There is no such thing as a Sita there. They stored Sita outdoors,” Rahul Gandhi defined. “So my request to my RSS buddies is: please chant Jai Siya Ram and Hey Ram additionally together with Jai Shri Ram. Don’t disrespect Sitaji,” Rahul Gandhi stated.
BJP’s Amit Malviya criticised Rahul Gandhi’s assault and stated posted a video of PM Modi chanting Jai Siya Ram. “Now Hindus need to learn to worship Lord Ram and Sita from the son of a Christian mom and a Parsi father?” Malviya tweeted.