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| Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: After |
| Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: After PM Modi's 'Ramazan-Diwali' Speech, A BJP Conundrum In Ayodhya
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| INDIA
, 24-February-2017
8:0:7 AM |
| As the UP election juggernaut rolls into the temple town of Ayodhya and its twin city, Faizabad, development and good governance, which were the BJP's main promises in the general election, are on shaky ground here.
The promise to build a bhavya or magnificent Ram Mandir (temple) at the site of the 16th-century Babri Masjid, brought down in 1992 by lakhs of volunteers or karsevaks of right-wing groups like the VHP, still holds sway.
There is some confusion among leaders of the BJP in Ayodhya after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on Sunday where he stated that no caste or religion should be shown preferential treatment . His "Diwali-Ramazan" remarks (power supply during Ramazan must be matched by similar arrangements during Diwali) told off the government of Akhilesh Yadav for allegedly favouring Muslims, a large chunk of his support base.
In Ayodhya, party workers don't know whether they should devote more talk time to Mr Modi's economic goals or the Ram Mandir dispute. However, there is no trace of this tension at the Chhoti Chavni temple in Ayodhya where head priest Nritya Gopal Das is waiting to be asked to campaign for the BJP candidate. He presides over one of the biggest temples in the town and is the face of the BJP's local campaign for the Ram Mandir.
"No one has asked me to campaign so far, but if they do, I will do my duty towards the BJP which is the only party that will make the Ram Mandir here," the priest, who is in his 70s, said.
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