Yogi questioned the motives of Rahul Yatra while two trustees of the Ram temple support it
Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, responded to a question about the Yatra travelling across UP in Mumbai by saying that everyone has the freedom to perform programmes and that "we have to respect the feelings of people."
A day after Acharya Satyendra Das, the chief priest of the Ram temple, "blessed" Congressman Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, additional voices from Ayodhya supported "the cause of uniting the country," with VHP's Champat Rai pointing out that neither the RSS nor the Prime Minister have criticised the Yatra.
Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, responded to a question about the Yatra travelling across UP in Mumbai by saying that everyone has the freedom to perform programmes and that "we have to respect the feelings of people."
"The question is what their goals and intentions are. If you're talking about connecting, your work and remarks should demonstrate that. For the BJP, the nation comes first, and we maintain the country above the party, as the Prime Minister has stated. But for many, the party comes before the nation. If you take a look at the Tawang event and some other situations, the words that were made, in my opinion, weren't meant to unite the country but rather to widen the gap and incite the rivals. We ought to refrain from doing it," he stated.
Champat Rai, a VHP international vice-president and general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust who was one of 32 people found not guilty in 2020 in the Babri Masjid demolition conspiracy case, responded when asked about Satyendra Das' blessing of Rahul and the Yatra, "Who has criticised the Yatra? I am a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh employee. Has the Yatra received criticism from the Sangh? Is the Yatra being criticised by the Prime Minister?
