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Mumbai, Oct 18 (IANS) The Congress party on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have over the years misused religion, national identity and hollow nationalism for political power and now they have moved forward to open a market for gods, deities and symbols, trading the pride and identity of the people in the name of corporate Hindutva.
State party spokesperson, Sachin Sawant told reporters that “BJP’s Hindutva has now become completely corporate. In the greed for money, they have insulted our gods, revered deities and national symbols who have contributed so much to this country. The station named Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus has now been renamed as Kotak Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. Siddhivinayak Station ICICI Lombard Siddhivinayak, Mahalaxmi has been changed to HDFC Life Mahalaxmi, and Acharya Atre station has been branded as Nippon India MF Acharya Atre. This is a shameful game being played with our identity and emotions.”
He demanded that BJP leaders, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, immediately clarify their position on this grave insult. He warned, “Those doing politics in the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj should answer – how can they allow the prefix ‘Kotak’ to be added to the name of our revered king? The Congress party and the self-respecting people of Maharashtra will never tolerate such an insult to our symbols.”
Sawant further said that BJP has been deliberately diverting public attention from burning issues like farmers’ problems, unemployment, inflation and women’s safety by doing name changing and identity politics for the last 11 years. The BJP’s version of Hindutva thrives on hatred and division; They are cooking their power politics on the stove of religious intolerance.
He further said, “He renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj, Faizabad as Ayodhya, Rajpath as Kartavya Path and Race Course Road as Lok Kalyan Marg – and his allergy to names like Nehru and Gandhi continues. He removed the name of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru from the Nehru Science Center and Sanjay Gandhi from the Sanjay Gandhi National Park Station. These names are part of our national and public heritage – and the BJP shamelessly removed them.” put up for sale Has given. “They have turned our pride, faith and history into a marketplace.”
Sawant sarcastically commented: “Perhaps only Kalbadevi and Shitaladevi stations are left – and soon this government may beg the corporates to auction off those names too. After selling off airports, ports, public sector undertakings and government lands to corporate houses, now even gods and great leaders are being commercialised.”
He said: “By selling the names of temples and deities, the BJP has exposed the hypocrisy of its so-called ‘Sanatan’ Hindutva. For power, they exploit identity; but once in power, they hand over the same identity at the feet of the corporate. The BJP has squandered religion, pride and culture for corporate interests. This is not Hindutva – this is corporate Hindutva, and Maharashtra is its It will oppose with full force.”
–IANS
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