Omkar Dattatray
There is no end to politicizing of Ram as all political parties are exploiting the issue of Ram temples consecration ceremony at Ayodhya .It may be noted that Ram Dhruv is in fact national treason as Ram is the symbol of our national identity and cultural legacy. The congress ,SP ,RJP ,left parties and even the saffron party of BJP are exploiting Ram Mandir issue for electoral dividends .The opposition parties are doing petty politics on the consecration of Ram temple .On the politicizing of consecration of Ram temple ,the opposition parties are hell bent to doing politics on Lord Ram .Baba Bageshwar has opposed the politicization of the inauguration of Lord Ram .The political parties without any exception are doing dirty politics on inauguration of Ram temple and consecration of Ram Lalla .All the preparations for the consecration and inauguration of Ram temple is in full swing and it will be completed before 22rd January 2024.There is enthusiasm and fervor in the country for the inauguration of Ram temple and also in Nepal and a large number of the Nepali’s are also coming to Ayodhya for attending the inauguration of the Ram temple .The inauguration of Ram temple and consecration of Ram Lalla and of Ram’s shifting to the magnificent temple is a historical event and is epoch making because the Ram Janamboomi temple is being given to the Hindus after 500 years and thus the inauguration of Ram temple is being attached great significance and the people in lakhs are coming to Ayodhya despite the appeal and request by Prime minister Narendra Modi not to come Ayodhya on 22 January the day of consecration of Ram and inauguration of Ram temple .While the preparations for the inauguration of Ram temple and the Pran Pritishta is going on ,but the opposition parties are opposing the issue of Ram and the Ram temple inauguration and the BJP for taking political and electoral dividends from the Ram temple inauguration .The fact is that the road has been made clear for the construction of Ram temple by the Supreme Court verdict and BJP has not done anything to influence the court verdict .However it is also the fact that Ram Janamboomi movement had been spearheaded by the BJP a long way back and today it is all in favor of the inauguration of Ram temple and the consecration of Lord Ram.22rd January 2024 will be written in the golden letters in the history of the independent India as the Ram Lalla idol will be respectfully and reverentially shifted in the sanctum sanctorum of the magnificent Ram temple ,but unfortunately this historical event is being politicized by all political parties for their selfish political interests. Deputy Chief minister UP Keshav Prasad Maurya said on the politics on inauguration of Ram temple by opposition that they should take Hazmola if there digestion is weak and whose intellect is wrong should correct it and be pure .Before the inauguration of the magnificent Ram temple in Ayodhya ,the politics has intensified and several opposition parties despite of been given invitation to attend the historical event are in confusion about attending the inauguration ceremony of Ram temple .While some are talking about not getting the invitation and the opposition leaders are in uncertainty whether to attend the inauguration ceremony or not and on both ways their political prospect will be impacted and so they are deeply concerned .K.P.Maurya further said that Lord Ram is of all and all should take glimpses of Bagwan Ram and those whose digestion is weak should attend after taking the pill of hazmola .Maurya attacked the opposition and said that I will not say anything on any party or any statement of a political leader but I pray to Lord Ram to correct the intellect of those whose intellect is wrong because of any reason .On 22rd January Lord Ram will be shifted to his birth place and till eternity Ram Lalla will continue to be at his birth place .Remember on 22rd January the consecration ceremony at the birth place of Ram in Ayodhya will be done by PM Narendra Modi .On this occasion hundreds of saints ,sadhus ,political leaders and VVIP’s will attend the inauguration ceremony.CPS has declined to attend the ceremony and the congress is in uncertainty and confusion whether to attend the ceremony on 22rd January or not .The SP leader Dimple Vadav has said many times that she will attend the inauguration ceremony if invited or otherwise she will visit Ayodhya at a later date .The congress and other so called secular parties are up in arms against the inauguration of the Ram temple and they oppose this ceremony because they want to reap the minority votes as they think that by distancing themselves from Ram temple inauguration and the consecration of Lord Ram will fetch them minority votes .But doing politics over the Ram temple inauguration will result in their them from the national issue of the consecration of Ram Lalla and will deny them the votes of the Hindu votes and this is the writing on the wall that the BJP is going to have the major chunk of the Hindu votes as this is the party which has toiled a lot for the construction of Ram temple and has in the past taken Rath Yatra and spearheaded the Ram Janamboomi movement which at last culminated into the construction and will now result in historic inauguration of the Ram temple .Lord Ram is not only an ideal king to be emulated and followed in making Ram Raja a reality .But Ram is the symbol and sign of our cultural and is the national icon to be followed and revered by one and all .Even poet Iqbal had said and referred to Ram as Immam-e-Hind and it shows that Lord Ram is revered and is popular among Muslims as well and therefore Ram temple inauguration and consecration of Ram Lalla is the most unifying force as the whole Indian society will stand unified by the historical event of inauguration of Ram temple .Row over Ram temple inauguration ceremony guest list ahead of Lok Sabha elections as some opposition parties and leaders express disappointment for not being invited. A row has gained ground over who has been invited and who has nodded to attend Pran Pratishtha of Ram temple in Ayodhya in January 22.It has assumed the picture of political issue ahead of the Lok sabha polls in 2024.Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said,’ ‘Temples are not the government’s business ,unemployment ,inflation ,public welfare and national security are .But the media allows the temple to turn the focus away from those issues. ”To conclude it can be stated that that the congress and other opposition parties are habitual of Ram’s opposition and Ram treason and thus they are denied of the major chunk of the nationalist vote bank which is enjoyed by the BJP.
(The author is a columnist, social and KP activist).
