New Delhi:
A feast organised by the Congress occasion to welcome its Uttar Pradesh chief Ajay Rai within the temple city of Ayodhya has ignited a bitter alternate with the ruling BJP over the dish that was served – fish curry.
BJP leaders together with UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have questioned the Congress for serving fish within the “abode” of Lord Ram and residential to the Ram temple. The ruling occasion leaders additionally reminded the Congress that the holy months of Sawan haven’t ended but and consuming fish throughout this time damage sentiments.
Congress MP Pawan Khera mentioned Ajay Rai is a vegetarian and rejected the BJP’s cost as an try to divert consideration of the general public from crucial points like examination paper leaks and the Ram temple donations theft case.
Rai informed reporters he wish to problem BJP leaders to indicate a single picture of him consuming fish and he would gladly resign. “If he doesn’t have the picture then he ought to resign from his put up. He lies on a regular basis, sporting saffron garments,” Rai mentioned, alluding to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who had slammed the state Congress chief over the matter.
Visuals from the Congress’s occasion venue confirmed individuals washing and reducing fish and a few chopping onions and different greens close to a big tub laden with fried fish. A cloth wall divided the cooking space from the massive tent the place the Congress held its programme, maintaining the outside kitchen out of view.
Just a few native residents protested once they got here to know concerning the dish served on the occasion. Quickly, BJP leaders joined in criticising the Congress leaders for disrespecting the temple city and hurting sentiments.
“You should have seen how Congress members present disrespect for our heritage. The Congress president visits Ayodhya to supply prayers at Hanuman Garhi temple after which proceeds to feast on fish. They chant ‘Ram Ram’, but there’s a restrict to shamelessness,” Yogi Adityanath mentioned.
“Who requested them to go to Hanuman Garhi? In the event that they needed to eat fish, they might have merely gone exterior Ayodhya,” mentioned, including it confirmed the “duplicitous nature of the Congress.”
“Even a chameleon would possible really feel embarrassed seeing them, questioning what sort of species has appeared in human kind chanting ‘Ram Ram’… solely to step exterior and feast on fish,” the chief minister mentioned.
Congress chief Ram Nihal Nishad had organised the feast to welcome the state’s occasion chief and have a good time new members who not too long ago joined his outfit. He defended the choice to serve fish to company and sought to know what violation and, in a swipe on the BJP, underneath what legislation would such an act be thought-about illegal.
“What’s improper with consuming meals? Why cannot we eat fish? For the reason that Structure got here into impact on January 26, 1950, anybody can eat something,” Nishad mentioned. He mentioned that for the Nishad neighborhood, fishing and consuming fish are a part of custom.
In line with experiences, Rai went to the occasion after visiting temples. Whereas the programme was happening, it began raining attributable to which Rai and plenty of others left.
UP ministers Om Prakash Rajbhar and Brajesh Pathak mentioned Congress leaders don’t imagine in faith however solely fake to imagine.
“Ayodhya Dham is our holy web site; it’s the abode of Lord Ram Lalla and to have this type of feast there, and that too within the month of Sawan, this displays the tradition of the Congress,” Pathak mentioned.
