Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav posted on social media the picture of the beautiful idol of Lord Shri Ram being installed in the under construction Shri Kedareshwar Mahadev Temple in Etawah. On this post, both AIMIM and BJP parties have targeted Akhilesh Yadav. AIMIM termed it 'Hindutva politics', while BJP called it 'SP's opportunistic politics replaced by fear'. While sharing the picture of the temple in the post, Akhilesh Yadav had written, 'Abhiram idol of Lord Ram: Shri Kedareshwar Mahadev Temple under construction, Etawah.' Political rhetoric started as soon as the post came out.
AIMIM's Purvanchal President Israr Ahmed, while directly targeting Akhilesh Yadav, said, Akhilesh considers Muslims as his slaves. Akhilesh asks to go to Ram temple in Ayodhya and install the idol of Ram in his temple. His father had opened fire to protect the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. Israr Ahmed further said that more than 14 thousand encounters took place in the Yogi government, Akhilesh never raised his voice for Muslims. Now Akhilesh is so surrounded by agenda that he is talking about Ram Temple and not respecting the sentiments of Muslims. Akhilesh is now doing Hindutva politics, Muslims are no longer an option for him.
BJP state vice president and deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya took a jibe at Akhilesh by writing a long post. He wrote, first building a temple due to fear of BJP and now discussing about installing the statue of Lord Shri Ram Lalla, this is the new face of 'opportunistic' politics of Samajwadi Party. The irony is that the SP and SPs, whose blood is stained with the blood of Ram devotees, are today pretending to be Ram Bhakti. Questioning the intentions of SP, Keshav Maurya said that if faith was really respected and the intentions were right then they would have talked about building a grand temple by removing the Idgah built on the birthplace of Shri Krishna and would have also raised voice against Babri supporters.
Caught in dilemma, Bahadur and his SP will neither get the trust of Ram devotees nor will they be able to save their so-called vote bank. In 2027, they will get neither Hindu nor Muslim, they will get only place in Saifai. BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi also said that the country has not forgotten the bloody history of the Samajwadi Party. Now they are creating a farce in the name of Kedareshwar temple. There is talk in the political circles that in preparation for the 2027 assembly elections, SP is trying to create the image of Hindutva, on which the opposition parties have come under attack. This incident is raising questions on SP's strategy and its traditional vote bank. The rhetoric from both sides is likely to intensify.
