Lord Ram at centre of yet another BJP-SP flashpoint
Lucknow: Hindu lord Ram is once again at the centre of a flashpoint between the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh.
Daggers drawn over the past two decades on the Ram Janmabhoomi imbroglio, the two parties are now set to fight it out on a new issue: the stopping of the Ram Katha recital, along with the the longest-running Ram Leela show in Ayodhya, due to paucity of funds.
The Ram Katha and Ram Leela have been playing without a single day’s recess, but for a few days in 2013, for the last 11 years. It has now been halted as the state culture department has allegedly not issued the necessary funds. Organized by the Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan, an autonomous arm of the Uttar Pradesh culture department, the Ram Katha and Ram Leela were stopped briefly in 2013 after the funds meant for the event were diverted to the Saifai Mahotsava held at Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s native village.
The Ram Katha and Ram Leela have been playing without a single day’s recess, but for a few days in 2013, for the last 11 years.
Ironically, the event was started on May 20, 2004, when Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav was chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. It has been stopped since Monday, an official said, adding that it has “not been completely done away with but temporarily halted”.
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