Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State president Panakkad Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal has said that the people can see through the political game being played by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the name of the Ram Temple consecration in Ayodhya on January 22.
He was speaking at a rally taken out by the party’s youth outfit, Muslim Youth League, at the Kozhikode beach on Sunday evening against the “politics of hate” in the country. The event, in which senior United Democratic Front (UDF) leaders such as Opposition leader V.D. Satheesan were also present, became a show of strength for the IUML ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
“All of us respect and love Lord Ram. But the BJP is trying to gain political mileage out of the Ram Temple opening. We will not allow this political game. The people of this country are not foolish enough not to understand their tactics,” the Thangal pointed out. He claimed that the IUML would not want to tie the history of the minorities around the Babri Masjid issue, but would like to take them forward on a path of progress.
