Navsari: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that Ram temple is not an election issue but a matter of belief for them.
CM Adityanath was speaking a rally in Valsad in Gujarat when he said, "Ram Temple is not an election issue for us, but a matter of belief. The matter is sub judice and we hope that the decision will be according to the public sentiments."
Taking a dig at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's visit to temples in Gujarat, Adityanath said, "Rahul has made himself a laughing stock by his childish and cheap publicity acts."
"I am surprised that it was Rahul's Congress party-led then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, who tried to demolish the Ram Setu but the Supreme Court had stayed it.
In fact, the then Congress-led Union government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court and even termed Lord Ram and Lord Krishna as a 'myth'. Now, when Rahul Gandhi visited Dwarkadhish Temple, then a question arises that whether his party's affidavit was right or is he right?" said Adityanath, and demanded, "I feel that Rahul should give clarification to nation on this issue".
The Uttar Pradesh CM also said that if the tribals (adivasis) are out of country's mainstream, then only the Congress is responsible for it.
When asked that patidars and dalits are unhappy with the BJP led Vijay Rupani Gujarat government, Yogi Adityanath recounted how farmers are getting water from Sardar Sarovar Dam and availability of water in the entire Saurashtra region.
He claimed that not only patidars and dalits, but also farmers and all other sections of the society will extend support to the BJP.
Earlier in the day, Adityanath launched a scathing attack on the Congress by terming it as a "symbol of devastation".
"They (Congress) are not supporters of development, but of devastation. That is why when terrorists like Ishrat Jahan were killed by the security forces in Gujarat, then Rahul Gandhi came to support her. The Congress is not a symbol of development, but of devastation," said Adityanath.
Adityanath also said that Rahul was talking about the development of Gujarat when he himself hasn't developed his parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. "When Gujarat witnessed heavy floods then Prime Minister Modi and Amit Shah came here but Rahul Gandhi fled to Italy," he said.
(With Agency inputs)
