BJP's 'Jai Shri Ram' chants reflect hatred, anger: Gaurav Gogoi
Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday attacked the BJP saying the chants of 'Jai Shri Ram' by its members reflect anger and hatred, and urged it to shun the tradition of worshipping Nathuram Godse, Mahatma Gandhi's assassin. Participating in the debate in the Lok Sabha on the construction of historic Ram Temple and Pran Pratishtha of Shri Ram Lala, Gogoi said Lord Ram belongs to everyone and is with everyone all the time.
«He is in every part of us every moment,» Gogoi said.
The deputy leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha said the definition of «Ram Rajya» means an era when everyone is happy and no one is unhappy.
He wondered whether the oppressed, backward classes and minorities of the country were happy in the present times.
Crimes against the Scheduled Castes (SCs) are on the rise and the Other Backward Classes (OBC) are demanding a caste census because they feel discriminated against when it comes to education in universities and share in government jobs, Gogoi said.
He said the arrogance of the BJP was stopping them from seeing inflation, intolerance, violence towards minorities.
As the ruling party members protested, Gogoi said the chants of 'Jai Shri Ram' must reflect love and goodwill.
«But your 'Jai Shri Ram' chant has anger and hatred. You cannot be a 'Ram Bhakt' if your heart is filled with hatred, if you fire bullets at others or desecrate places of worship of other religions,» Gogoi said.
He said Sita never allowed her patience and divine energy to diminish, but the Dalit girl in Unnao or
