New Delhi, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the ruling Trinamool over the Rath Yatra celebrations in Digha.
Accusing the Trinamool of politicising religion, Ghosh dismissed the event as a 鈥減olitical gathering disguised as a religious ceremony.鈥
Dilip Ghosh said, 鈥淭he Rath Yatra taking place in Digha is not a religious event, it鈥檚 a political gathering with a clear political agenda.”
鈥淥therwise, without any proper system, devotion, or true faith, why would lakhs of people rush to touch the Lord鈥檚 chariot or offerings, as if their lives would be redeemed? Here, police are seen trampling people underfoot, and Madam is riding over them on the chariot,鈥 he claimed.
Ghosh alleged that Trinamool treats religion as a mere tool for vote-bank politics. 鈥淭he party here has no real regard for religion, they treat it as just a tool for their political journey. Today, leaders are wearing skull caps and offering namaz; tomorrow, they鈥檙e putting on tilak and chanting 鈥楯ai Shri Ram鈥 or joining Ram Mandir processions. It鈥檚 all pretence,鈥 he remarked.
He further accused the TMC of hypocrisy, claiming they were 鈥渂uilding a Jagannath temple just to make people believe they鈥檙e Hindu and win Hindu votes,鈥 while the real plight of Hindus in rural Bengal is ignored.
鈥淭he Hindu community, especially in villages, is facing harassment and oppression. The incidents in Murshidabad and Malda are not forgotten,鈥 he added.
The comments come a day after Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the Rath Yatra from the newly-constructed Jagannath Dham temple in Digha鈥檚 Purba Medinipur district.
The Chief Minister, along with several Cabinet ministers, participated in the traditional rituals, including sweeping the road before the chariots with a golden broom, performing ‘aarti’, and ceremonially pulling the ropes of the three chariots carrying Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Subhadra.
Source: IANS