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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Skit on Ram temple hurt Hindu sentiments: BJP, VHP; Pappu Yadav says protested to 'protect Sanatan'

New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday accused Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Independent MP Pappu Yadav of hurting Hindu sentiments through a "skit" inside the Parliament House complex on the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and demanded that they publicly apologise.

However, a defiant Yadav said they were protesting to protect Sanatan and will not be cowed down by any number of FIRs. He was reacting a day after a case was filed in Varanasi on the complaint of seers against him, Gandhi and Samajwadi Party MP from Faizabad (Ayodhya) Awadhesh Prasad while BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj and other leaders filed a police complaint in Delhi.

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