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BJP, RSS and VHP face Shankaracharya's ire

Shankaracharya Adhokshajanandji Tirth vehemently attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh and the Vishva Hindu Parishad on their policies regarding the Hindu religion. He said it posed a great danger before the country.

Launching the onslaught, the Shankaracharya alleged that the leaders of these organisations were neither true nationalists or religious minded. They misguide the entire society, and had been inciting the youth against the sadhus and sanyasis who spoke against them.

He, however, did not name any leaders openly. "You better know them," he quipped, and said leaders had collected millions of rupees in the name of Lord Rama by means of bricks and rath yatra for the Ram mandir at Ayodhya. In spite of demands, accounts of the same had not been declared.

Referring to RSS and VHP leaders as dalals (brokers), the Shankaracharya alleged that the BJP-led Union government was misusing its power at the whims of VHP and RSS leaders. He added that they did not like the true dharma charya speaking against their ''black deeds.''

They had nothing to do with the Hindu religion, instead they had always threatened the true protectors of the religion -- like the world recognised Shankaracharya.

The visibly annoyed Shankaracharya said some such dharma charyas had even entered politics and gained power by unfair means. ''Satta unke bap ki jayajad nahi hai'' (power is not the property of their father), he thundered.

Comparing them with Mahatma Gandhi's simplicity and his contribution towards India's freedom, he said these inefficient people were enjoying power in the name of religion and had destroyed the entire health of the society.

UNI

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