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A senior functionary of the RSS recently told me that out of the 15 jajmanspatrons who perform puja and pay offering to the priestsselected for the 22 January consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, as many as 10 were from various marginalised communities like the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs, and Denotified Tribes...
This pran pratishtha programme was overseen by the top leadership of the BJP, RSS, and VHP..
Before the ceremony, Puri Shankaracharya Nischalanand Saraswati, while refusing to participate, had spoken about how the consecration was not being done as per the Shaastras (Hindu religious texts), saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be present inside the sanctum sanctorum and touch the idol while the Shankaracharyas would stand outside and clap...
Gandhi wanted a united India based on Sarva Dharma Sambhav (all religions are equal), where Hindus will rule the unified India by virtue of their numerical superiority..
In Uttar Pradesh, a party securing just 10 per cent of non-Muslim votes and 19.3 per cent of Muslim votes (based on the communitys share in the state population as per 2011 Census), will hypothetically become the main opposition party in Indias electorally pivotal state, ensuring its political survival, even if it cant actually beat the BJP..
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