Last time, during the assembly elections of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Rahul’s Hindutva card worked. The Congress government was formed in all the three states.
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By the way, the history of the Congress has been that its leaders have been presenting themselves as staunch Hindus before the elections among the public. This is not a new thing, not only Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, Nehru also used to consider himself well in presenting himself as Pandit Jawaharlal. But after the 2014 elections, not only the Congress but almost all the parties Hinduism Trying to prove it. The latest example is Rahul Gandhi’s Hindu avatar in his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Rahul Gandhi is wandering in the temples before wearing a rosary of Rudraksh around his neck. At present, the first phase of voting is on December 1 in Gujarat. So should it be assumed that this avatar of Rahul can give him some advantage in Gujarat?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday performed all the rituals at the famous Mahakal temple of Lord Shiva in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, under the guidance of temple priests wearing red dhoti. The temple priests presented him with an angavastram. After performing the rituals, Gandhi prostrated before the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Not only this, he also sat for some time near the idol of Nandi in the temple premises. Prior to this, after entering the state of Madhya Pradesh on November 23, Gandhi had visited the second Jyotirlinga temple of Lord Shiva in the state. His sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also performed ‘Maa Narmada’ aarti at the famous Omkareshwar temple in Khandwa district on Friday along with her family.
How important is Hindutva politics in Gujarat
Two days are left for the first phase of elections in Gujarat. At the same time, the ruling BJP is completely running the hardcore Hindutva card. From this we can understand what is the meaning of Hindutva card in Gujarat. During the rally in Kheda on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted the Congress and accused it of appeasement politics. PM Modi said that Congress and other parties keep silence on terrorism so that their vote bank is not hurt. Not only this, PM Modi also mentioned the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, Batla House encounter, Ahmedabad and Surat serial blasts during the Kheda rally.
Earlier, Home Minister Amit Shah had called upon the Congress to shun vote bank politics and abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir, Ram temple in Ayodhya and implementation of Uniform Civil Code. At the same time, Shah also mentioned the 2002 Gujarat riots and said how the rioters were taught a lesson at that time.
Mathematics of votes in favor of Hindutva
The dominance of the BJP in 76 urban constituencies is a foregone conclusion. Among these, Muslim-dominated seats are also included, such as Khadia-Jamalpur, Dariapur-Kalupur, Danilimda, Vejalpur and Bapunagar seats. The Muslim population here ranges from 20 per cent to 61 per cent. Some similar sites are located at Wankaner-Somnath-Dwarka and Khambhalia in Saurashtra, Abdasa-Mandvi and Bhuj in Kutch, Vadgam and Siddhpur in North Gujarat, Dholka-Godhra in Panchmahal in Ahmedabad, Bharuch- Wagra and Jambusar in Bharuch district, Kheda. K Matar- Mehmedabad- Mahudha- Limbayat of Surat and Surat is also in the east.
Kejriwal is also doing Hindutva politics
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has expressed his intentions by supporting the Uniform Civil Code along with appealing to put pictures of Ganesh-Lakshmi on the notes. Similarly, by showing silence on the thrashing of Muslim youths during Navratri, demolishing the Muslim encroachment in Bet Dwarka and the release of Bilkis Bano convicts, they have shown that they care more about their majority votes than the minorities. The Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and the TMC in Bengal also did many such things, which seemed to show themselves among the voters on the path of Hindutva.
Hindutva gave success to Rahul
Actually Rahul has delayed. Last time, during the assembly elections of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Rahul’s Hindutva card worked. His government was formed in all the three states. Not only this, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot have not left any such opportunity after assuming power, so that their image becomes anti-Hindu. In Chhattisgarh, the government has tried to prove itself more Hindutva than BJP by starting Ram Van Gaman Path, Kaushalya Mandir and purchase of cow urine and cow dung.
Gehlot government is also on the path of Hindutva
Similarly, in Rajasthan too, Ashok Gehlot has made his intentions clear by getting religious events organized in temples for the first time on behalf of Gehlot government’s Devasthan Department. In Rajasthan, orders have been issued by the Devasthan Department for recitation of Ramayana on Ram Navami and Sunderkand recitation on Hanuman Jayanti. For this, a list of temples was also issued. On the other hand, all the ministers and MLAs of the Gehlot government took part in the programs organized in their respective districts on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.
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