NEW DELHI: BJP MP and spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi on Wednesday took a swipe at TMC MP Kirti Azad for his remarks on Lord Ram and Ayodhya Ram Mandir, questioning the party members’ understanding of the mythological texts.
Addressing a press conference in the national capital, the BJP leader called Kirti Azad a “Johny Johny Yes Papa” member of the TMC in a jibe against former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s parody of the nursery rhyme.
Contrary to Azad’s remarks of Lord Ram abandoning Maa Sita, Trivedi argued that both the Ramayan and Mahabharat end with the victory of a woman’s chastity over even the divinity of God.
He said, “The endings of both the Ramayan and the Mahabharat are not about the victory of divine powers over demonic forces, but about the victory of a woman’s chastity over even the divinity of God. This will not be understood by the people of TMC, particularly its ‘Johnny Johnny Yes Papa’ members.”
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya also criticised the TMC leader and said, “Sita ji had no complaints. What Ram ji did for his wife is exemplary for the whole of this planet. He reached Sri Lanka, built a ‘Setu’, and burned Ravan. What did he not do? On the first day of their marriage, Ram ji told Sita ji that he would gift her the biggest present that he would never have a second marriage. He (Kirti Azad) is saying such things about Maryada Purushottam Ram. People of India will respond to this.”
TMC MP Kirti Azad stoked controversy and said that he would never visit the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. He alleged that Lord Ram had abandoned his wife, Maa Sita.
