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could not avoid commenting on the de- hoomi andolan, I want that a grand this led Bhagwat to change his stance.
lay in hearing of the Ram Temple case. Ram temple should be constructed at The urgency was also reflected in an-
Though he added that as a law min- the earliest at the birth place of Lord other instance. He had supported the Infighting continues
ister, he is not supposed to comment Ram,” he had said. Supreme Court judgment on Sabri-
on the issue, as a BJP leader, he has to “It should have happened by now. mala but later changed his stance and
talk of what is going on in the minds of The construction of a grand Ram tem- criticized the verdict for not taking into
people. The law minister showed some ple will help in ending a major rea - account the traditional belief while between Chautala’s clan
restraints because of the position he is son for tension between Hindus and deciding the matter.
holding, but BJP president Amit Shah Muslims, and if the temple is built in a The apprehension that change of
could not show such restraints and harmonious way, then there will be no stance has been made to help Modi and
attacked the Supreme Court in public more pointing of fingers at Muslims,” Shah in pursuing Hindutva agenda.
meeting in Kerala by saying that the he had said in Delhi on September 20, However, there are problems for BJP The battle between Ajay Chautala and Abhay Chautala is about taking control of power in the Indian
court is giving verdicts that could not be this year. in mobilizing its own allies on the issue. National Lok Dal Party which Devi Lal had nursed for decades followed by his son Om Parkash
implemented. These attacks are bound However his wordings got changed While most docile of its allies, JDU was
generate hostility between the govern- within a month and ‘harmonious’ first to dissociate itself from the stand Chautala, former chief minister of Haryana, writes PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL
ment and the judiciary. way of resolving the issue changed its BJP has taken. Another ally, Shiv Sena
The announcement of a grand statue course. He asserted on October 18 at is taking more aggressive stand in or-
of Ram at Ayodhya by Uttar Pradesh der to out beat BJP. It wants to share its aryana, where centuries ingredient of a Mumbai potently film jay and father Ajay, hatched by some
Chief Minister may be an exit route. pride in demolishing the Babri Masjid. ago battle of’ Mahabharat with intrigues and conspiracies to grab one who wanted to grab the control of
Instead of taking recourse to such an In the noise of Ram temple, most of was fought between Pan- power the party. Dushyant told Tehelka, “some
adventure of issuing an ordinance, the The image of us might have missed the transforma- davs and Kauravs, for su- Dushyant claims that ‘Duryodhan’,( Jaichand in the party has tried to trap
BJP may try to change the narrative Ram will have a tion of Ram from a warrior-king who H premacy, is witnessing yet referring to his uncle Abhay) has con- me in Chakravayuh like Abhimanyu of
surrounding the issue and concentrate will restore the lost pride of Hindus to another Mahabharat like sitiation, this spired against him and he is like ‘Ab- Mahabharat adding that they should
on building up a grand statue of Ram. It transformation a patriarchal deity who is ready to pre- time between Ajay Chautala and Abhay himanyu’. When approached by Tehelka not forget that I, with the help of party
will serve more than one purpose. On and his earlier serve the pride of caste Hindus. Yogi Chautala, grandsons of former deputy for clarifying his ‘Duryodhan’ remarks, workers, is capable of breaking that’
the one hand, it could boast of mak- Adityanath is trying to reinvent Ram prime minister of the country, Devi Lal. like a seasoned politician, Dushyant re- Chakrvyauh. Training his guns on his
ing tireless effort to restore the dignity political avatar as and wants the Lord to come in for his The battle is for controlling the Indian plied that being a seasoned and veteran estranged uncle Abhay, who is leader
of Lord Ram and on the other, it could a symbol of pride rescue. He seems to have his own idea National Lok Dal Party which Ch. Devi journalist you know better as “whom I of opposition in Haryana assembly,
postpone the issue of Ram Mandir. This on using the issue which is evidently lal had nursed with his labour of dec- was referring.” Dushyant thundered that someone are
will also allow it to continue with Ram will transform into different from that of the Sangh Pari- ades followed by efforts of his son Om Dushyant has described it as con- playing role of B- team of ruling party
temple issue. However, there is some a warrior king who var. One can see Ramvilas Vedanti on Parkash Chautala, former chief min- spiracy against him, his brother Digvi- in Haryana assembly, a charge which
possibility of Prime Minister Modi’s his side, a member of the Ram Janmbh- ister of Haryana. On one side former Haryana Chief Minis-
choosing to risk an ordinance to win will fight a caste homi Nyas Samiti. An MP of two terms, of battle are Ajay Chautala, his ter, Bhupinder Singh Hooda
the elections because he has advisers he has been a Thakur leader. This could MLA wife, Naina Chautala, MP often level against Abhay
who are used to taking extreme steps. battle in north India be seen in the background of the fact son, Dushyant Chautala and Chautala for his alleged soft
Here, there is an interesting devel- that backward caste leaders like Vinay Digvijay Chautala. Other side corner towards the ruling BJP,
opment too which points to a percep- Katiyar was not given prominence in is represented by Abhay, lead- Government.
tible change in the political strategy Nagpur that the government should any of the celebrations to commemo- er of opposition in Haryana At age of plus eighty, Om
of BJP as far as the Ram Temple issue bring a law to build a Ram Temple. He rate the return of Ram to Ayodhya. assembly having tacit bless- Parkash, former Chief Minis-
is concerned. This is the change in the was addressing his his cadres on Vijaya It is clear that the image of Ram will ings of father Om Parkash and ter of Haryana, who has suc-
RSS attitude towards it. In his ambitious Dashmi. “The government should clear have a transformation and his earlier trusted followers. cessfully faced many political
reach out program at Delhi, Mohan the path for construction of the grand political avatar as a symbol of pride Om Parkash Chautala, in challenges including Mehyam
Bhagwat told an audience at Vigyan temple through appropriate and requi- will transform into a warrior king who his capacity as national presi- in Meham during by-poll of
Bhavan that the Ram temple should be site law,” he said. will fight a caste battle in north Indian dent of the party has suspend- Meham assembly in Rohtak
built at the earliest, but he left it to “There is an obvious game plan of a states. This time not only Muslims will ed both Dushyant Chautala district of Haryana in nineties
He had also said that a final deci- few elements to stall the judgment by be targeted, but also Dalits and others. and Digvijay Chautala from when he had to resign from
sion rests with the Ram Mandir Samiti, presenting various newer interven- Muslims has already been punished the party for causing indisci- chief minister ship following
which is spearheading the campaign tions in the judicial process,” he alleged. for their sin of building a mosque at his pline in party’s Gohana rally, poll violence, and is currently
for the construction of a Ram temple. He also reiterated the old slogan that birthplace. Yogi is also narrowing the organised to commemorate undergoing ten years impris-
He had said that he had no knowledge the temple was necessary for the “self- narrative to suit local requirement. He the birthday of Devi Lal. Ear- onment in alleged bungling in
of whether an ordinance on Ram tem- pride”. The reversal in his stance shows has announced airport in the name of lier, show cause notices were recruitment of teachers ,is fac-
ple was being contemplated ted as he is the urgency for getting an emotive Ram and a medical college in the name issued to both of them and ing toughest challenge of his
not a part of the government. issue. The development and other sec- of Dashrath, his father. matter was referred to party,s life. Even while in jail he had
“As a Sangh worker, head of the ular agenda seem to have exhausted disciplinary committee head- made party united.But now
Sangh and as a part of Ram Janamb- their utility for Modi and Shah and LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM ed by party leader Sher Singh his grandsons Dushyan and
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