BJP seeks votes in Lord Ram's name, needs to be stopped: Sitaram Yechury
India TV NewsIn Lord Ram's name, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies are now seeking votes, said CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury on Sunday and added that his party aims to defeat their divisive politics and set up a secular state. "The BJP and its partners are now seeking vote in the name of 'Ram'," the Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary said addressing the party's state conference in Tripura. "The agitation against the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala temple in Kerala and launching of "Shri Ramayana Express" from Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh to Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu are part of a game plan of the BJP and RSS to create communal and religious polarisation ahead of the Lok Sabha polls," the Left leader said. The Bharatiya Janata Party and its partners ahead of the next year's general elections are "inciting the religious sentiments, creating Hindu-Muslim and ethnic divisions", he added.