Will ‘Jai Siya Ram’ Help Congress Win Madhya Pradesh?
A proposal by the chief architect of the Ram-Path-Van-Gaman-Yatra, the Congress’s latest Hindutva offering in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, openly calls for embracing Hindutva and possibly, even getting Congress President Rahul Gandhi to chant “Jai Shri Ram”, the BJP’s Hindutva hail.
It says, if at the beginning or the conclusion of the yatra the senior leadership of the Congress (like Rahul Gandhi) raise the slogan of Jai Shri Ram, people will be likely to join the chorus and this message will resonate across the country. This is proof of an emerging political philosophy within the Congress party.
And what’s unfolding in Madhya Pradesh with manifesto proposals like building a Ram Path to honour the mythical route of Lord Ram’s exile, is an intended intensification of the party’s ongoing experiments.
The Ram Path Yatra which was all set to begin on 23 September stands postponed for now, but the party says the yatra is still on and coming soon.
