In retreat mode, Kumar says ‘Ram bhakts’ formed govt

New Delhi: After having triggered a controversy, senior RSS functionary Indresh Kumar on Saturday said the country has given ‘Ram Bhakts’ the mandate. “All those who opposed Ram are out of power. Those who took pledge of devotion to Ram are in power today,” he said.
The back-pedalling followed a snub from the Sangh leadership who termed Kumar’s “arrogant” jibe “unauthorised”, leaving its senior functionary with little option but to swallow his words.In retreat mode, Kumar said govt has been formed for the third time under the leadership of Narendra Modi. “The country will progress double by day and quadruple by night under his leadership,” he added.
Kumar on Thursday said BJP got stranded at the 240-mark and failed to get a majority in Lok Sabha because of its arrogance even as he termed opposition “anti-Ram”.
Sangh’s prompt rebuff followed the realisation within its ranks that silence could be an invitation for others, including outsiders, to muddy waters. Sangh has also clarified that RSS chief Mohan Rao Bhagwat’s comment saying that a public servant should not have “arrogance” was not directed against the BJP leadership.
“See ‘vidhan’ (working) of Ram Rajya in democracy. The party which did bhakti (of Lord Ram) but gradually turned arrogant was stopped at 240 but emerged as the biggest party,” Kumar said. “Those who had no faith in Ram, they together were stopped at 234.” Kumar had had made the remarks at the ‘Ramrath Ayodhya Yatra Darshan Poojan Samaroh’ at Kanota near Jaipur. The Sangh leadership distanced the organisation from Kumar’s observations. TNN