The Fact News Service
Chandigarh, April 8
Former Haryana Home Minister and BJP leader Anil Vij on Monday clarified his stance amid speculation of him leaving BJP after he removed the phrase “Modi Ka Parivar” from his profile. He said he is a staunch supporter of the BJP, and even if his blood were to come out, it would still say BJP.
During his interaction with reporters, he said he had to remove ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ from his X social media account due to character limitations. However, he clarified that the phrase ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ is still mentioned in his account’s biodata.
“Everyone knows that I have now become ‘X’ and I should write ‘X’ everywhere. But when I started writing ‘X’ in my profile, at that time, due to character limitations, I had to remove it (the phrase Modi Ka Parivar from my name) and put it in my biodata. I am a staunch supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Even if my blood comes out, it will also say BJP,” he said.
In another political development, a prominent BJP leader in Haryana and former Union Minister Chaudhry Birendra Singh is likely to soon join the Congress party, according to sources.
The move comes after his son, Brijendra Singh, who is the sitting MP from Hisar, resigned from Lok Sabha and the BJP and joined the Congress last month. The Hisar MP had cited “compelling political reasons.”
As per the said sources, the announcement about Singh’s joining will likely be made on Tuesday.In the past, the father-son duo had often defied the BJP’s stand on several issues.
In 2020, they sided with the protesting farmers to demand the withdrawal of the now-repealed farm laws. Both leaders also expressed solidarity with wrestlers who protested against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment.
Lok Sabha elections in the 10 parliamentary constituencies of Haryana will be held in a single phase on May 25. The counting of votes will be on June 4.
In the 2019 Indian general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the dominant force in Haryana, securing a landslide victory by winning all 10 parliamentary seats.
Gearing up for the festival of Chaitra Navratri, Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra, a trust constituted to look after the management of Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya, has said that the clothes of Bhagwan Shri Ram Lalla’s idol will be special.
From the first day of Chaitra Navratri, April 9 till Ram Navami, April 17, the idol of Ram Lalla will wear clothes or vastras made of special hand-woven and hand-spun khadi cotton.
These vastras will be decorated with real silver and gold khaddi hand block prints. The block prints used in printing the vastra are inspired by Vaishnav Chinha.
The trust has uploaded a video on its official X handle that provides a glimpse of the vastras that are being decorated with the help of hand block prints for Lord Ram.
A few days earlier, Ram Lalla idol had adorned vastra made of handloom cotton malmal, dyed with natural indigo and decorated with gotta flowers ahead of the summer season.
The Ram Lalla idol was unveiled at the ‘Pran Pratishtha ceremony’ on January 22, which involved hour-long rituals in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who led the ceremony.
The festival of Chaitra Navratri is celebrated for nine days and Ram Navami falls on the ninth day of the festival. The people celebrate the occasion by observing fasting and worshipping the nine forms of Goddess Durga.
