Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole made a controversial statement regarding UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, equating him with ‘Ravana’. He said that Ravana had also come wearing saffron to abduct Sita mata.
On UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s statement that PoJK will become part of India within six months of PM Modi securing third term, Maharashtra Congress leader Nana Patole said, “…Why is he silent on the issue of China? Why doesn’t he speak on this? Even Raavan was wearing ‘bhagwa’ while abducting Sita mata. It is wrong to support wrong policies by wearing saffron-coloured clothes.”
#WATCH | On UP CM Yogi Adityanath's statement that PoK will become part of India within 6 months of PM Modi securing third term, Maharashtra Congress leader Nana Patole yesterday said, "…Why is he silent on the issue of China? Why doesn't he speak on this? Even Raavan was… pic.twitter.com/3yg916MHNz
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The Bharatiya Janata Party hit back at Nana Patole, saying that the Congress leader does not know the significance of ‘bhagwa’ or saffron. “Nana Patole doesn’t know the significance of ‘bhagwa’ or saffron. Sacrifice, valour or purification, ‘bhagwa’ is used at these times…Perhaps Nana Patole doesn’t even know why did Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj use ‘bhagwa’, why did Ramakrishna use ‘bhagwa’, why did Arjun use ‘bhagwa’ in his chariot,” BJP leader Shaina NC told ANI.
#WATCH | Delhi: On Maharashtra Congress leader Nana Patole's statement on 'bhagwa' clothes and UP CM Yogi Adityanath says, BJP leader Shaina NC says, "Nana Patole doesn't know the significance of 'bhagwa' or saffron. Sacrifice, valour or purification, 'bhagwa' is used at these… pic.twitter.com/nRNVxCJTLx
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“Congress does only appeasement politics and when they do not have answer to any questions over their defeat, they give such statements,” she added.
#WATCH | West Bengal: On Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole's remark on UP CM Yogi Adityanath and China, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says, "China is not capturing any territory. If Nana Patole wants, we can send him to Chinese boundary. He can go there, see and come back."… pic.twitter.com/Gd9xXIAsmg
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On Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole’s remark on UP CM Yogi Adityanath and China, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says, “China is not capturing any territory. If Nana Patole wants, we can send him to Chinese boundary. He can go there, see and come back.”
However it is not the first time Nana Patole has found himself embroiled in a controversy. Earlier on May 10, Nana Patole had said that the I.N.D.I Alliance will purify the Ram Mandir by all the four Shankaracharyas, if voted to power.
“Shankaracharyas were opposing this (pran pratishtha). All the four Shankaracharyas will purify the Ram Mandir. Ram Darbar will be established in that place. It is not Bhagwan Ram’s murti there, but the child form of Ram Lalla,” Patole had said. The statement had come just a day after President Draupadi Murmu visited the temple.
This remark led to a huge political controversy, with even PM Modi calling the remarks ‘an insult to the President, tribals, women and the country as a whole’ and that the Congress has ‘no right to remain in politics’.
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“Our President, Droupadi Murmu, visited Ram Mandir in Ayodhya a few days back, offered prayers and sought blessings from Ram Lalla for the welfare of the country… One day after her visit, one of the biggest leaders of the Congress party said we would do the purification of the Ram Temple with Gangajal. Do such people have the right to be in Indian politics?” PM Modi had said.
