'BJP is Lord Ram's Vyapari' not 'Pujari,'' Congress' Pramod Tiwari takes dig at BJP for losing in Ayodhya
BJP candidate from Faizabad, where Ayodhya Ram Mandir was situated, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari slammed BJP, saying that the party is a 'Vyapari' of Lord Ram not 'Pujari'.
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«Ayodhya was given most of the time and it was made the biggest election plank (by the BJP), but PM Modi couldn't make their candidate win from there (Faizabad). BJP is the 'Vyapari' of Lord Ram not 'Pujari',» Pramod Tiwari told ANI.
BJP candidate Lallu Singh lost to Samajwadi Party's Awadesh Prasad in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad constituency. Prasad polled 54,567 more votes than the BJP candidate.
Top BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought up the Ram Mandir Prana pratishtha ceremony in their campaign speeches and assailed the Opposition leaders for not attending it. They alleged that the Opposition leaders did not attend the ceremony because of their appeasement politics.
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