Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi an annanya bhakt (devoted disciple) of Lord Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart L.K. Advani said he was “just the charioteer of the Ram Rath Yatra” that began on September 25, 1990 to garner support for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Speaking to Hindi magazine Rashtra Dharma, which is backed by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), Mr. Advani referred to the “Ram Rath Yatra” which he took out 33 years ago “as the most decisive and transformative event in his political journey”, which allowed him to “rediscover India and, in the process, reconnect with himself”.
“Today the Rath Yatra completes 33 years. When we started the yatra on the morning of September 25, 1990, we did not know that the faith in Lord Ram with which we were starting this yatra would take the form of a movement in the country,” Mr. Advani was quoted as saying.
