Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday claimed that “Jai Shri Ram” was not a political or religious slogan, but one used by people of Wes...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday claimed that “Jai Shri Ram” was not a political or religious slogan, but one used by people of West Bengal fighting against injustice, News18 reported. In an interview to the news channel, Shah linked major poll planks of the Bharatiya Janata Party to the slogan.
“Be it the injustice done to poor farmers, to the victims of cyclone Amphan, to the victims of cyclone Bulbul, to poor fishermen, to those denied citizenship because of CAA [Citizenship Amendment Act] not getting implemented, or to someone who has lost out on employment because of infiltrators,” the home minister said.
The slogan, which hails the Hindu deity Ram, has become one of the talking points of the West Bengal Assembly elections where the main players are the Trinamool Congress and the BJP. The difference between the two parties reached a flash point when supporters of the BJP shouted the slogan at an event to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose in Kolkata in January. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were both present at the event, and the latter refused to speak suggesting she felt insulted because of the alleged heckling.
On Monday, however, the home minister said...
