UPA bent on hurting Hindus: Rajnath
"The Central Government will face disastrous consequences
if Ram Sethu is destroyed"

Overlooking the opinion oceanographers, environmentalists, hydrologists and experts on aquatic creatures, the United Progressive Alliance Government is bent upon implementing the Sethusamundaram Ship Channel Project under foreign pressure as it wants to deliberately offend the sentiments of the Hindu by demolishing the Ram Sethu, through which many believe Ram had crossed over to Sri Lanka, BJP president Rajnath Singh alleged while addressing a party demonstration here on Tuesday.

Addressing party workers on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, Mr. Singh said even the Father of the Nation had led his entire life following the path shown by Ram and "Ram Rajya" was his grand political vision.

But, he said, while the UPA Government has been ruling in the name of Mahatma Gandhi, it has tried to even deny the existence of Ram.

The BJP president claimed that the UPA Government was only interested in hurting the sentiments of Hindus by demolishing the Ram Sathu as even scientists were against undertaking the channel project since it would destroy maritime wealth and lead to the death of innumerable creatures.

'Spiritual politics'

On the principles followed by Mahatma Gandhi, Mr. Singh said he believed in spiritual politics and that was why he lived like a sage wearing only a half dhoti.

Also, he desisted from taking any post and every day the devotional song, "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram, Patit Pawan Sita Ram" was sung in his ashram.

Mr. Singh said the UPA Government would face disastrous consequences if the Ram Sethu was destroyed.