Ramcharitmanas row: Hindus across world offended, Samajwadi Party insulting Sant Tulsidas, says Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday lambasted the Samajwadi Party (SP) over the Ramcharitmanas row, saying that the Akhilesh Yadav-led party is making efforts to insult a sacred text and the Hindus across the world are offended by burning copies of extracts from the 16th-century poem written by Sant Tulsidas.
Addressing the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Adityanath accused the office of Samajwadi Party of running a campaign against ‘Sant Tulsidas’.
He made the comments while replying to the Governor’s address during the Budget session in the Assembly today.
SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya stoked a huge controversy by demanding a ban on certain portions of the Ramcharitmanas claiming that some phrases “insult” a large section of society on the basis of caste.
“In the Sundarkand section of the Ramcharitmanas, Lord Ram asks the sea to pave a way to Lanka. After waiting for three days, the Ayodhya prince says ‘Bhay Binu Hoyi Na Preeti’ (without fear, there cannot be love), warning the sea to act against it when the sea god conveys its point of view to him,” Adityanath said while taking aim at Samajwadi Party.
