The Chhattisgarh election is poised to be an in depth contest between the BJP and the Congress. Whereas the BJP has obtained the ‘Mahadev App’ Rip-off card on the eleventh hour and is utilizing it as a corruption plank towards the state authorities led by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, the ruling occasion is betting on a number of works finished within the state together with buy of cow dung and paddy. The Hindutva card has been a key ballot plank of the saffron occasion however the identical could not work in Chhattisgarh and there are a number of causes for it.
The Congress authorities in Chhattisgarh appears to have discovered a counter to the BJP’s Hindutva card within the poll-bound state. If the highest BJP leaders take credit score for constructing the Ram Temple, the Congress authorities in Chhattisgarh additionally does not lag behind in claiming credit score for the restoration of Mata Kaushalya Ji’s temple and the development of the Ram Gaman Path (the trail Lord Ram took throughout his exile).
Promod Tiwari, Deputy Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, mentioned that Ram temple work will stay incomplete with out Mata Kaushalya Ji’s temple. “In Chhattisgarh, we aren’t attempting to reap the advantages of those works in elections. The inauguration of the Ram Temple on 22nd January is solely geared toward gaining a bonus within the 2024 elections,” mentioned Tiwari.
About 21 kilometers from Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, lies Chandkhuri village. In keeping with legends, that is the birthplace of Lord Ram’s mom Kaushalya. Whereas the development of Lord Ram’s temple is progressing swiftly in Ayodhya, the reconstruction of Mata Kaushalya’s temple can be underway right here.
It is a totally different state of affairs that the date for the set up ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya has been determined, and the work will probably be accomplished earlier than the 2024 elections. Nonetheless, in Chhattisgarh, the work in Mata Kaushalya’s village is scheduled to be accomplished by December 19, a goal that the villagers are usually not assured about.
Building of roads is ongoing in Chandkhuri village. Moreover, work is underway within the courtyard of Mata Kaushalya’s temple. The temple priest is worried that the work on Mata Kaushalya’s temple is getting delayed. The contractor overseeing the work has assured that the work will probably be accomplished earlier than January 22nd, mentioned the priest Vikas Verma.
However, the locals from the village expressed their pleasure overtly on the fastened date for the development of the Ram Temple. Women and men, all are getting ready to go to Ayodhya on January 22nd. The opposite ballot plank of the BJP has been the cow or ‘gau mata’. The Baghel authorities discovered a counter to this by buying cow dung from the dairy farmers.
Regardless that the Congress occasion could have discovered a counter to the BJP’s Hindutva card in Chhattisgarh, it appears weaker in entrance of the BJP when batting on the pitch of Hindutva in nationwide politics. Chhattisgarh is voting in two part ballot – first part was held on November 7 and the second part voting for the 70 seats will probably be held on November 17. The counting of votes will happen on December 3.
