TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has avoided making a direct reference to the issue of Ram temple at Ayodhya during past five years, chanted “Jai Sri Ram” as he addressed a huge gathering at the Aishbagh Ramlila Ground here yesterday, throwing indications that ‘Hindutva’ will be a key electoral plank for the BJP in 2017 polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Interestingly, PM Modi invoked Lord Ram during his speech, which mainly concentrated on terrorism and talked about the evils against women and girl child, just 125-kms away from Ayodhya where his party wants to built a grand temple dedicated to the deity.
Addressing a massive crowd at the Aishbagh Ramlila Ground, the Prime Minister chanted ‘Jai Sri Ram’, which enthralled all, including the members of BJP as well as the RSS who were present during the event. This was probably the first time that Modi chanted ‘Jai Sri Ram’ on a public platform. While some saw PM’s invocation of Lord Ram as ”politically motivated”, alluding to the Ayodhya Temple issue, party leaders said that it was not the case.
While PM Modi’s political opponents, including the Samajwadi Party, have already criticised the Lucknow event as politically motivated, the chanting of ‘Jai Sri Ram’ has surely come as a big boost for the BJP, which wants to seize power in the state in the coming assembly elections in 2017.
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