Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP) chief Jitendra Awhad on Wednesday sparked an issue together with his remarks saying Lord Ram was a ‘non-vegetarian’. A video of the NCP chief’s speech was broadly shared on social media, evoking sharp reactions from numerous quarters.
“Ram is ours, he is of the Bahujan. Ram used to hunt and eat. You want us to become vegetarians, but we consider him our ideal and eat mutton. He was not a vegetarian but a non-vegetarian,” Awhad mentioned whereas addressing a rally.
Jitendra Awhad additionally questioned as to what Lord Ram, a Kshatriya, used to eat, implying that Kshatriyas have been historically non-vegetarians.
Awhad additional mentioned that there was an try to show India right into a vegetarian nation. He claimed that 80 per cent of the nation’s inhabitants remains to be non-vegetarian and that they have been additionally devotees of Lord Ram.
“What is the controversy that what did Lord Ram eat? Someone will claim Lord Ram used to eat methi-bhaji (fenugreek leaves fritters) Lord Ram was a Kshatriya and Kshatriyas are non-vegetarians. I absolutely stand by what I said. 80% of India’s population are non-vegetarians, they are also devotees of Lord Ram,” Jitendra Awhad mentioned.
“A person living in a jungle for 14 years, where will he go looking for vegetarian food? Right or wrong? I always say right,” Awhad added.
Awhad’s remarks drew immense backlash from the BJP, which slammed him for making objectionable remarks towards Lord Ram.
Condemning Awhad’s remarks, BJP MLA Ram Kadam wrote on X, “Had Balasaheb Thackeray been alive, Shiv Sena’s Saamana newspaper would have criticised the ‘Ram non-vegetarian’ comment. But today’s reality is that they (Uddhav Sena) do not care if somebody makes fun of the Hindus. They are indifferent, as cold as ice. But when the election comes, they will talk about Hindutva.”
“These comments for politics are unfortunate,” he added.
In the meantime, the BJP filed a grievance towards Awhad for his controversial remarks towards Lord Ram.
Awhad additionally went on to say that the actual motive behind the killing of Mahatma Gandhi was casteism as he belonged to the Different Backward Class (OBC) and other people couldn’t bear that he had turn out to be such a giant chief.
