Don’t be apologetic for Ayodhya, be proud instead: Advani

Refers to Samajwadi supremo Mulayam’s recent words of praise for him

April 07, 2013 02:16 am | Updated December 04, 2021 10:55 pm IST - NEW DELHI:

BJP president Rajnath Singh along with senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Ananth Kumar at the BJP Foundation Day celebration at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

BJP president Rajnath Singh along with senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani and Ananth Kumar at the BJP Foundation Day celebration at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Saturday. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

Raking up the Ram temple issue, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani on Saturday asked party men not to be apologetic about the Ayodhya movement and instead take pride in it.

Mr. Advani also referred to Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s recent words of praise for him, which had surprised many, and said that people should not hesitate to speak the “right thing” as “the world will accept it.”

“When people believe and talk of our Ayodhya issue and agitate over it, you should not be apologetic, ever. You should take pride in it,” Mr. Advani told party men.

In his speech at the BJP headquarters on the party’s Foundation Day here, Mr. Advani said he felt pride in admitting that his party raised the issue of Ram temple and Ayodhya as it was not just a political movement but also a cultural one. “People say that BJP and Bharatiya Jana Sangh achieved this position by raising issues like Ayodhya and Ram temple. I feel proud in admitting this and say that ours is not just a political movement but also a cultural movement,” he said.

Referring to the SP chief, he said: “Recently, when people heard Mulayam Singh ji praising me, they thought, ‘what is he saying and doing?’ I feel if you speak the right thing, the world will accept it. You should not hesitate. Don’t ever let that inferiority complex come inside you.”

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