Keshav Prasad Maurya says ‘opposition pursuing soft Hindutva, no surprise if BJP bags all 80 Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha seats’ 

Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, while hitting out on political rivals, said that it would not be surprising if the Bhartiya Janata Party bags all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, considering opposition parties’ towing of “soft Hindutva” line. He said the change in the opposition was an ideological victory for the BJP.

In an interview, Maurya, expressing his happiness, said, “Congress president Rahul Gandhi, whose party has been consistently obstructing the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, is now talking about his janeau (sacred thread) and chanting ‘Om Namah Shivay’, and even chief minister Mamata Banerjee has to say ‘Jai Mata Di’ in West Bengal.”

Maurya said, “And far as the Samajwadi Party is concerned, its founder Mulayam Singh Yadav had once ordered firing on innocent, unarmed and harmless kar sevaks (in Ayodhya). And today, his son Akhilesh is coming to the Sangam and taking a dip (during Kumbh) … and I feel the day is not far when you will hear (BSP chief) Mayawati chanting Jai Shri Ram.”

He claimed that the BJP ideology directly relates to national unity and integrity and said, “It talks of Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas (together with all, development for all). It talks of justice to all and appeasement of none, and it does not differentiate people on the basis of caste or religion. Those who are talking about forging an anti-BJP gathbandhan are actually living in a state of confusion as the people of the country have already made up their minds to reelect Modiji as prime minister.”

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