‘Bekaar Ka Hai…’, SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav sparks controversy, calls Vaastu of Ram Mandir ‘USELESS’

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav has initiated another controversy over Ram Mandir, claiming that construction of the temple is useless and not done as per Vaastu. While speaking to a media person, he further claimed that people used to celebrate Ram Navami with great enthusiasm but some people have patented it, saying it is not their inheritance. 

Yadav further said, 'Crores of people have been celebrating Ram Navami for thousands of years and there is not just one Ram temple in this country. He has done incomplete consecration and Shankaracharya was against it. Will punish BJP. I never worshiped anyone. I don't pretend. I take the name of God. But I am not a hypocrite. Hypocritical people do all this. Lord Ram will punish these people.”

Congress and SP are playing with the faith of India: Yogi Adityanath

Making a sharp attack on the statement of Ram Gopal Yadav, CM Yogi Adityanath retorted and said, “Be it Samajwadi Party or Congress, the character of both of them is anti-Hindu and anti-Ram.”

#WATCH | Lucknow: On SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav's remarks regarding Ram temple, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath says, "Be it Samajwadi Party or Congress, the character of both of them is anti-Hindu and anti-Ram. These are the same people who opened fire on Ram devotees and who… pic.twitter.com/inhAhmz3ek

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He further said that these people are playing with the faith of India for a vote bank.

The Ram temple built in Ayodhya was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22. The event was witnessed by crores of people. Since then lakhs of devotees come to visit every day.