Congress and BJP spar over proposed Sita temple in Sri Lanka

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July 17, 2019 - 09:36

A fresh war of words erupted on Tuesday between India’s ruling Congress party and the opposition Bhartiya Janata Party over a Sita temple in Sri Lanka, Hindustan Times.

In 2010, the then BJP government had decided to build a Sita temple in Sri Lanka with permission expected from the then Sri Lanka government.

In his tweets on Tuesday ex-chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan alleged, “Officers of Kamal Nath government wish to conduct a survey in Sri Lanka to verify whether or not Mata Sita was abducted. What can be more ridiculous than this? Kamal Nath government has hurt the sentiments of crores of people by talking of examining a fact which the entire world knows.”

Chouhan said, “Entire country and the world know that Sitaji was kept in Ashok Vatika in Sri Lanka where she also underwent an ‘Agni pareeksha’. When I had visited Sri Lanka, it occurred to me that there should be a magnificent temple at the site. I am surprised that Kamal Nath government is talking of verifying the facts.”

Responding to Chouhan’s allegations minister for public relations PC Sharma said, “Nothing concrete was done by the then Shivraj Singh Chouhan government to build the temple. Chouhan wishes to draw political mileage by talking of the temple at the site where Goddess Sita stayed in Sri Lanka.”

Sharma said the government would look into the matter and see what could be done in this regard. The then Shivraj Singh Chouhan government only believed in making promises but doing nothing. For an instance, they did nothing on Ram Vangaman Path in Madhya Pradesh but Congress government not only made a promise but also initiated work on this.

http://colombogazette.com/2019/07/17/congress-and-bjp-spar-over-proposed-sita-temple-in-sri-lanka/

 

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Meanwhile,

Representatives of Sri Lankan Tamils meet BJP leaders

July 18, 2019 - 11:41

Representatives of Sri Lankan Tamils in India met BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan and other senior party leaders like Pon Radhakrishnan, L Ganeshan and Vanathi Srinivasan to discuss the prevailing situation in the island nation and the welfare and housing schemes implemented by the Narendra Modi government for the Lankan Tamils, the Times of India reported.

The meeting was held at the party state headquarters in Chennai.

Tamilisai told reporters that the party leaders had discussed various issues and programmes with the representatives of Sri Lankan Tamils.

“We will prepare a report and submit the same to the Centre,” she said. However, she refused to elaborate further.

Party sources said the Easter terror attack in island nation and involvement of Muslims in it was one of the topics they had discussed in detail.

http://colombogazette.com/2019/07/18/representatives-of-sri-lankan-tamils-meet-bjp-leaders/

 

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Chouhan said, “Entire country and the world know that Sitaji was kept in Ashok Vatika in Sri Lanka where she also underwent an ‘Agni pareeksha’. When I had visited Sri Lanka, it occurred to me that there should be a magnificent temple at the site. I am surprised that Kamal Nath government is talking of verifying the facts.”

Responding to Chouhan’s allegations minister for public relations PC Sharma said, “Nothing concrete was done by the then Shivraj Singh Chouhan government to build the temple. Chouhan wishes to draw political mileage by talking of the temple at the site where Goddess Sita stayed in Sri Lanka.”
http://colombogazette.com/2019/07/17/congress-and-bjp-spar-over-proposed-sita-temple-in-sri-lanka/

there is a "magnificient" temple for Sita in Asoka Vatika, why the need for another to replace the existing temple.

Moreover, Ramayana is just a folk tale/myth , nothing historic , as theres no archaeological evidence to prove the existence of Ramayana