With each passing day, BJP’s stance on orthodox Hinduism is taking a toll on the party’s reputation. While Prime Minister Modi is keeping no stones unturned to bring in investments, conservative vision of the RSS and intolerance to other religions has taken an ugly turn.
A few days back, a lynching incident resulting in death of a senior citizen in Uttar Pradesh over alleged beef eating have become an international issue where ‘freedom’ in India’s largest democracy is at stake. Yesterday, an independent member of legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir was mishandled by BJP members in the assembly because he had organized a beef festival to move over the crisis of conservatives.
Since then, everyone in the country was waiting for Prime Minister to speak on the issue, but he didn’t. Today, he finally had to break his silence after Lalu Prasad’s beef remark. Lalu Prasad Yadav had said that Hindus too eat beef.
Modi has launched a blistering attack on RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, saying his beef eating remark is an "abuse" and "huge insult" to Yaduvanshis (Yadav clan) and asked people of Bihar to reject the grand secular alliance (Lalu and Nitish) warning it will bring jungle raj 2". He earlier mentioned that Nitish’s regime as Jungle Raj 1. Modi has also scoffed at Lalu's explanation that he made the beef remarks under the influence of some "shaitan" (devil).
He said, "I wonder the devil got only his (Lalu) body to enter. I want to know how the shaitan got the address (of Lalu). The devil got no other body in entire Bihar, India and the whole world except that of his. And he also welcomed the devil as if some relative has come.”
Addressing rallies in Munger, Begusarai and Samastipur, Modi castigated the RJD chief over his 'Hindus also eat beef' remark.
"What all is he saying. What all Yadavs eat? Whatever position Lalu rose to, it was because of these Yaduvanshis and he insulted them. What kind of abuses you are hurling at them. Is it not an insult of Yadavs and Bihar? Do not humiliate the Yaduvanshis so much? Laluji, these Yaduvanshis helped you to come to power," said Modi.
Insisting that Lalu cannot absolve himself of his beef remark, he said,"People of Bihar have to find out why the devil came to Lalu only. What were his bad habits due to which it happened. Do we have place for such people in Bihar.
Now, all we want to tell dear Modi is: Sir, we sure wanted your remark on the beef and lynching issue, but a considerate one. Election politics is what we expect least from the man, who we chose as the head of the nation. Or do we?