Consecration of Ayodhya Ram Temple will not bring any electoral dividends to BJP: CM

NT Correspondent

Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the consecration of the Ayodhya Ram Temple by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not bring any electoral dividends to the BJP.

This interaction with media persons in Mysuru, the CM said that people of the nation are matured enough.

India is a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic, republic and there is no scope for religious interference in politics, he said.

The temple is incomplete and even though several pontiffs raised objections, the PM and saffron outfits opened the temple ahead of the parliament polls.

Voters will teach a lesson to them, he said. Referring to the caste census report also known as Karnataka’s socio-economic and educational survey report, the chief minister said his government is ready to accept the findings if Karnataka State Permanent Backward Classes Commission chairman Jayaprakash submits it to the government.

Mere opposition to the caste census wit hout knowing the findings, the numbers of castes and their population is not wise, he said. Nobody knows what is in the caste census findings, he added.

Reacting to a question on Assam CM Himanta Biswas Sa r ma sayi ng senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be arrested after the Lok Sabha polls for instigating violence during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Siddaramaiah said that Rahul will not care about such warnings, and will continue his rally.

He wondered on what basis the Assam CM will file the FIR against Gandhi.