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Ram Mandir And Article 370: August 5 Signifies The Complete Transformation Of National Politics

Both the events -- Article 370 abrogation and Ram Janmabhoomi -- are landmark events for BJP that will rewrite the history of the country. The date marks the victory of the BJP ideology, says a party general secretary.

Ram Mandir And Article 370: August 5 Signifies The Complete Transformation Of National Politics
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As Sanskrit shlokas reverberated at the Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat through the 바카라˜bhoomi pujan바카라™ for the Ram Mandir along with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

The event has made August 5 one of the most important dates in Indian political history. Last year on the same date, BJP had fulfilled another of its core ideological agenda, that of revocation of Article 370 with the stated purpose of integrating Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country. The two events signify complete transformation of national politics.

The date also saw the RSS 바카라“ BJP바카라™s ideological parent that spearheaded the Ram Mandir movement over last three decades, and kept the pressure on while the case was in court and even when BJP was out of power 바카라“ take a backseat to Prime Minister Modi as he took centerstage at the 바카라˜bhoomi pujan바카라™. The RSS sarsanghchalak later termed the event as 바카라œa moment of great joy바카라 that marked 바카라œmaking of new India바카라.

The Prime Minister -- wearing a golden-hued kurta and saffron angavastram, unusually sporting longer silver hair and beard, sitting on the red-painted floor -- became the defining image of the day. The scale of the ceremony at Ram Janmabhoomi ensured that the first anniversary of revocation of Article 370 is relegated to the background. Several social media users saw a deliberate conspiracy by the government in choosing August 5 to commence the construction of the Ram mandir. 바카라œThe state won바카라™t allow us to think of Kashmir today because it바카라™s taking over our minds with 바카라˜bhoomi pujan바카라™ instead. The state is malicious,바카라 said one Instagram user.

바카라œCan these images of saffron splendour in Ayodhya erase the bleak ones of Jammu and Kashmir? One year after revocation of Article 370, the state 바카라“ sorry it바카라™s a Union Territory now 바카라“ still doesn바카라™t have proper internet and mobile telephony. Some of the mainstream political leaders like Mehbooba Mufti are still in detention. Today, on August 5, when the country should have been in solidarity with the people of J&K, it is awaiting Ram Rajya,바카라 says a political commentator not wanting to be identified.

However, for the BJP, August 5 has become a date for double celebration. 바카라œWe are not trying to bury the revocation of Article 370 under Ram Mandir celebrations. Both the events are landmark events for us that will rewrite the history of the country. The date marks the victory of the BJP ideology,바카라 says a party general secretary.

According to a BJP office bearer, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, responsible for construction of the Ram Mandir, had given the option of two auspicious dates for the 바카라˜bhoomi pujan바카라™ 바카라“ August 3 and August 5. 바카라œIt was decided to go with August 5 as the date will then get identified with the BJP ideology. The astrologers say that August 5 is a day when Lord Brahma will have a strong influence on earth. Anything that will commence this day will be a grand success,바카라 explains the party general secretary.

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