‘Will Non-BJP Supporters Be Handled As Untouchables’: Bihar Temple ‘Washed’ After Kanhaiya Kumar’s Go to – News18
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The viral video sparked an issue following which the Congress requested if supporters of non-BJP events will now be handled as “untouchables”, whereas the BJP mentioned this exhibits a “rejection of Kanhaiya Kumar’s model of politics”
Congress chief Kanhaiya Kumar addressed a gathering at a Durga temple in Bihar’s Saharsa throughout his ongoing ‘Palayan Roko, Naukri Do’ tour. (Picture: PTI/File)
A purported video of some individuals washing a temple in Bihar after Congress chief Kanhaiya Kumar’s go to, has sparked an issue with the opposition get together asking if non-BJP supporters might be handled as “untouchables”.
The BJP, in the meantime, hit again saying the video solely proves the rejection of Kanhaiya Kumar’s politics and nothing extra. The video, which went viral on Thursday, purportedly exhibits footage from a Durga temple at Bangaon village in Bihar’s Saharsa.
Based on information company IANS, the youths purportedly washed the temple premises with gangajal after Kanhaiya addressed a gathering there. He stopped on the temple for a go to throughout his ongoing ‘Palayan Roko, Naukri Do’ tour.
Bihar: In Saharsa district, youths washed a Durga temple premises with Ganga Jal after Congress chief Kanhaiya Kumar addressed a gathering there pic.twitter.com/piluPpcYs6— IANS (@ians_india) March 26, 2025
Within the video, some individuals could be seen splashing away buckets of water within the temple premises, allegedly after the Congress chief’s departure. Native residents, nevertheless, mentioned this act could possibly be the work of miscreants as individuals from all castes and backgrounds are allowed on this temple.
Kanhaiya, who belongs to the upper-caste Bhumihar neighborhood, kept away from commenting on the matter.
Congress spokesperson Gyan Ranjan Gupta informed The Indian Specific: “We need to know if solely RSS and BJP supporters are pious individuals and the remaining are untouchable. The act has disrespected the descendants of Lord Parshuram. Have we entered a brand new part of ultra-Sanskritisation during which non-BJP events and supporters might be handled as untouchables?”
“Within the first place, we must always first confirm the id of those that washed the temple after Kanhaiya Kumar’s go to. And if a temple is washed after the Congress chief’s go to, it exhibits the form of rejection in the direction of Kanhaiya Kumar’s model of politics,” BJP spokesperson Asit Nath Tiwari was quoted.
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Bihar, India, India
