In this episode of Editorial, HW News Managing Editor Sujit Nair speaks on the Ram Temple donation scam. He questions the RSS and Prime Minister Modi for failing to take responsibility for a scam that occurred at a temple which has been the Sangh and the saffron party's biggest political project.
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[00:00:00] VHP, RSS and the Government of India they are answerable to every Hindus it doesn't spoil Hindu image Mr. Hosabade it spoils your image RSS image VHP image because it is your people who have committed the fraud talk to them ask them are you more bothered about Lord Ram or are you more bothered about the politics that you play on his name namaskar welcome to another episode of editorial now
[00:00:35] now Bharatiya Janata Party actually came into limelight in India with Ram Janma Bhumi and most definitely Ram Janma Bhumi also helped the Bharatiya Janata Party to come form the government in 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party's biggest achievement according to a lot of their leader is Ram Janma Bhumi and the Ram Temple the Prime Minister inaugurated
[00:01:04] and did the Shilanyas of the Ram Temple and the Ram Idol all this Bharatiya Janata Party did because somewhere down the line Bharatiya Janata Party politically socially owned the Ram Janma Bhumi movement and therefore owned the Ram temple at least as far as their imagery is concerned they owned the Ram temple this is where it all stood
[00:01:34] then one incident happened wherein it was brought to light or allegations were made that there was a donation scam there was fraud in the donation people siphoned money out of the donation that they received in in in the Ayodhya Ram temple that happened at that point in time the first reaction we saw from Bharatiya Janata Party from RSS from Vishwa Hindu Parishad otherwise people would otherwise make a UN
[00:02:03] that was absolute silence that was the first reaction then slowly reaction started trickling incidentally like I said one thing is that the Uttar Pradesh government immediately instituted a SIT which I spoke to you about that a couple of days back instituted a SIT and all of that all of that happened
[00:02:25] and they have put the drivers and some small workers in the system no top people have been alleged no allegations against top people all junior people all regular workers and carriacars are there they were they were FI is filed against them all of that happened
[00:02:46] case is going on so there could be more FI is I am not denying that but that was the first immediate reaction now the deputy chief minister of of Uttar Pradesh he says but the way this issue who is being turned into a major public debate is unnecessary
[00:03:07] whoever has committed theft has done wrong and action will be taken against them that action is already underway this is what he says in fact he went on to say the investigation is underway there is no need to comment while it is in progress
[00:03:23] however both the sit and the police after registering and fire are investigating the incident that took place there please wait for the investigation to be completed the opposition has no moral rights no moral rights to speak on Ram the movie issue I don't know why he says the opposition has no moral rights why because Ram is Bharti Janata party property is that why is easy is he saying that doesn't law
[00:03:52] lord Ram belong to everybody at least last time I I heard the whole world lord Ram belong to the whole world but yeah he says opposition has no no no no what what is that moral right to speak on Ram Jan Bumum it is what he said okay now like I said till now all of them were quiet yesterday the general secretary of RSS Mr. Hosbade he also made a statement he said that RSS called upon Hindu society to show patience restrain and
[00:04:21] thought conspiracies seeking to malign Hindu religion by exploiting this incident this is what Dattatre Hosbade said he went on to say that the unfortunate incident of theft involving the funds collected in the donation boxes at Sri Ram Lalla temple in Ayodhya has hurt the sentiments and faith of the entire society and Ram devotees we are all deeply pained with this event
[00:04:46] he says you know don't overreact have patience thought all this conspiracy theory because it will spoil Hindu image it doesn't spoil Hindu image Mr. Hosbade it spoils your image RSS image VHP image because it is your people who have committed the fraud that's the point you need to understand no Hindu image we didn't do anything we are Hindus it is the VHP
[00:05:12] people these people who committed this fraud belong to VHP talk to them ask them and patience for a minute for a minute let me ask you a question had the Achilles Yadav government ruling over Uttar Pradesh at this moment if it was an SP government what do you think these people how do you think these
[00:05:37] people would have reacted what would have been the reaction it would have been anti-Hindu anti-Ram anti-Hinduism this would have been the the the narrative through and through there would have been dharna they would have been protest they would have been on ground not one single the you think an RSS leader would have said you know have patience Hindus have patience don't let all this conspiracy and
[00:06:04] all happen do you have patience another senior leader saying that you know you don't unnecessarily make it a national debate do you think that would have been the reaction if that would that would not have been the reaction then my question is very simple then my question is that are you more bothered about lord ram or are you more bothered about the politics that you play on his name what is bothering
[00:06:30] you what concerns you more what concerns you more hinduism or your political party hinduism or your power what concerns you more think about it every hindu should think about this whichever like i say whichever party you belong to number two i wouldn't have under ordinary circumstances said that the prime minister should be saying something about it the prime minister should be involved talk about it
[00:07:00] figure out find out investigate put an investigation body supervise the investigation i wouldn't have said it in the under normal circumstances because it's not a prime minister's job but who inaugurated the ram temple who did the shiranyas of the ram lalla murthy this is how the prime minister himself had introduced ram temple to this country this is what he had said
[00:07:50] isn't it your responsibility therefore now to intervene if anything happens in that temple that you consecrated anything that happens in that temple where you were the person who did the shiranyas doesn't that become your responsibility are are are you only there when you know you inaugurate and when there are cameras and when something goes wrong you don't even talk about it is that how you are going to
[00:08:11] manage and is that fair what does that actually mean interestingly today i think the prime minister should take the late atel biari vajpai's advice very very seriously this is what he had to say or pradhan mantri ko yaad ho ga may ne pradhan mantri ko kata us din grah mantri bhi bethe te bjp se aapko lada ek din magar ram se mat ladiye
[00:08:42] before i end let me also give you one piece of news one more piece of news badrinath temple committee orders probe into donation theft allegations so it started off with ayodhya now it's gone to badrinath let us see how many more temples have this donation theft allegations vhp rss and the government of
[00:09:10] india needs to take cognizance they are answerable to every hindus because this is exactly what you claimed what you promised to protect and this is exactly what's happening this is the point i wanted to make in this short editorial till i see you next time that's on monday at 10 namaskar