Mamata’s Dig At ‘Some Monks’ From Ramakrishna Mission, Bharat Sevashram Stirs Row, PM Modi Responds – News18

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hit back at the West Bengal Chief Minister on Sunday after the TMC chief claimed during an election rally that RK mission monks were aligning with the ruling party at the center and adhering to orders from New Delhi.

Addressing an election rally in Goghat under the Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency, Banerjee had claimed, “Some monks of Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevashram Sangha are working under the influence of BJP leaders in Delhi. Those who are looking after temples are doing great spiritual jobs, but everyone is not doing so. This is not done.”

While speaking at a rally in Purulia, Modi today said the TMC has crossed the limits of decency by stooping so low that it is “spreading canards against ISKCON, Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevashram Sangha”. “The TMC has gone beyond its limits by spreading canards against ISKCON, Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevashram Sangha. West Bengal Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee) is threatening them. They are threatening them just to appease their vote bank,” he said.

Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar was the first to respond to Mamata’s allegations, saying “Her delusional rants are a travesty for the people of Bengal.” “Mamata Banerjee’s recent attack on ISKCON, RKM, & Bharat Sevashram Sangh hits a new low. She accuses them of threatening India’s future, claims RKM is campaigning for the BJP via WhatsApp. As the CM, her delusional rants are a travesty for the people of Bengal,” he said.

“Mamata Banerjee is upset and alleges that a few monks from ISKCON, Bharat Sevashram Sangha and Ramakrishna Mission are helping BJP. But last year, during Eid, ahead of 2024 LS polls, the CM called on all Muslims to unite behind TMC and against BJP. Mixing religion and politics?” BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya wrote on the microblogging website X.

“Seems Mamata Banerjee lied yesterday regarding revered Kartik Maharaj of the Bharat Sevashram Sangh. Sangh will now approach the High Court against her for maligning Hindu saints. Sangh helped protect Hindu lives during Bengal’s bloody anti-CAA riots. No wonder TMC is mad at them! Hindu organisations will also launch protest against Mamata Banerjee across Bengal for targeting ISKCON, Bharat Sevashram Sangh and Ramakrishna Mission,” Malviya said in a subsequent post.

“All Hindu organisations must come forward against Mamata’s open anti-Hindu rhetoric. Will Mamata Banerjee dare to speak a word against Mohammad Yahya, Chairman of the Bengal Imam Association, who is openly urging Muslims to band together and vote for the TMC? She is preaching neutrality and secularism to Hindu organisations. Will she dare to give similar sermons to her vote-bank?” he added.

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