Pawar’s go to to the temple and the large media protection it received present how Maharashtra’s politics has modified. Political events within the state and their leaders have out of the blue found faith.
Shiv Sena leaders like Aaditya Thackeray, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s Raj Thackeray and impartial MLA Bachchu Kadu have introduced journeys to Ayodhya. Pawar’s grandnephew, Rohit Pawar, went on a pilgrimage to a number of holy websites, together with Ayodhya, early in Might, although he had stated the visits shouldn’t be seen from a political lens.
Pawar’s go to to the temple got here after Raj Thackeray claimed in April that the NCP chief was an atheist and therefore didn’t go to temples. Pawar retorted the following day saying that he does go to temples, however would not make any fanfare across the visits like others. Friday’s temple go to is seen as being geared toward countering the criticism towards him.
There appears to be a contest amongst politicians to point out that they’re extra spiritual than the remaining, stated political analyst Yuvraj
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“I do not forget that Maharashtra didn’t bat an eyelid when Sharad Pawar, throughout considered one of his phrases because the chief minister, didn’t carry out the annual puja at Pandharpur throughout Ashadi Ekadashi, thought of auspicious within the state. Pawar had remarked that he was preoccupied with fixing the drought state of affairs. He did go the following yr after being egged on by his spouse Pratibha,” stated Mohite.
However now, politicians throughout the board are compelled to point out that they don’t seem to be irreligious, he stated.
“I believe all of the events have fallen into the BJP lure and are fearful that in the event that they present that they don’t seem to be spiritual, they’d not be getting votes,” he stated. “It is rather telling that somebody like Pawar who by no means felt the necessity to present is now doing this.”
The NCP would possibly declare that Pawar’s go to to the temple was nothing out of the bizarre. Nevertheless, the get together appeared to go to the additional lengths to point out Pawar was spiritual. For example, Pawar took blessings of the idol from a distance, and NCP Pune chief Prashant Jagtap claimed that Pawar informed him that he didn’t wish to take blessing from near the idol as he had consumed a non-vegetarian meal.
Political events just like the Congress and NCP have been mulling taking the suitable turns after the BJP got here to energy. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi visited various temples throughout the get together’s election marketing campaign in Gujarat.
