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Last Updated:January 21, 2025, 15:04 IST
Kejriwal on Monday compared the BJP to 'Ravana', claiming he kidnapped Goddess Sita in the form of a 'golden deer'. His remarks drew the BJP's ire as the party accused him of misquoting Ramayana.
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal (File photo: YouTube/AAP)
Ahead of Delhi polls, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) became embroiled in another fresh feud after former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal misquoted Ramayana by comparing BJP to “Ravana".
Speaking on Monday, Kejriwal stoked another controversy while addressing the slum clusters of Vishwas Nagar, when he recited an incident from the Ramayana where Goddess Sita fell victim to Ravana’s ‘golden deer’ tactics. The AAP national convenor compared the BJP to the “golden deer" and warned Delhiites to not fall in their “trap".
“Lord Ram was exiled for 14 years, so one day he went to the forest to arrange for food, left Mata Sita in the hut and told Laxman that you will protect Sita Maa, meanwhile, Ravana came in the form of a golden deer. Sita said to Laxman that I want this deer… Laxman went and Ravan kidnapped Sita Maa, these BJP people are also like that golden deer, do not get involved in their trap," Kejriwal said.
#WATCH | Delhi: “I want to warn the slum dwellers that these days they (people of BJP) are staying in slums, they do not love you, they love your vote and will sell all your land after the elections. Lord Ram was exiled for 14 years, so one day he went to the forest to arrange… pic.twitter.com/tknCh28vT5— ANI (@ANI) January 21, 2025
Kejriwal’s remarks drew the ire of the BJP, who accused him of insulting Sanatan Dharma and misinterpreting the sacred text of Ramcharitmanas, labelling him a “Chunavi Hindu". Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said Kejriwal only remembers temples when elections are approaching.
“The way Arvind Kejriwal has misinterpreted Shri Ramcharitmanas and has tried to insult the Sanatana, this is not the first time. These people are Adharmi. I don’t know what his Nani (grandmother) recited to him, but he (Arvind Kejriwal) used to say that the Ram Temple should not be built. Now that the elections are coming up, he is remembering Ram Temple and all the other temples," Sachdeva told news agency ANI.
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Location : First Published:January 21, 2025, 15:04 IST
News politics Kejriwal's Bizarre Remarks On Ramayana Sparks Row, BJP Calls Him 'Chunavi Hindu'
