Sanjay Raut defends Kejriwal's Hanuman worship; says Delhi CM towers over BJP leaders

Writing in editorial of Saamana on Friday, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut backed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on chanting Hanuman Chalisa. He slammed BJP for describing Kejriwal’s belief in Hanuman as a fraud. Raut highlighted that Hanuman and Lord Ram were intrinsically associated with one ar. 

Sanjay Raut wrote, “BJP leaders’ opposition to Kejriwal is to such an extent that y did t even like his Hanuman worship. Just as BJP leaders are devotees of Lord Ram, similarly Kejriwal is a devotee of Hanuman. He went to Hanuman temple on Saturday and chanted Hanuman Chalisa but BJP didn’t like it. y (BJP leaders) described it as a fraud. In reality, Hanuman is incomplete without Lord Ram.” 

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'Kejriwal is towering over everyone else'

Taking a dig at BJP leadership, Raut opined that PM Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah were treating Delhi Assembly polls as a life and death situation. reafter, he taunted ruling party at Centre for its inability to form a government in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Sena MP also claimed that Kejriwal towered over BJP’s 200 MPs, all its CMs and entire Council of Ministers.  

“In Delhi Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah are fighting like it is a life and death situation. Maharashtra unexpectedly slipped out of ir hands and y suffered a humiliating defeat in Jharkhand. So, it is t wrong for BJP to hope y secure a win in Delhi. Despite deployment of 200 MPs, all BJP CMs and ir entire Council of Ministers to win Delhi Assembly elections, one Kejriwal is towering over everyone else,” Shiv Sena MP said.

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Delhi CM chants Hanuman Chalisa  

During an interview on a private television channel recently, anchor probed Delhi Chief Minister on his faith in Lord Hanuman. Kejriwal revealed that he regularly visited Hanuman temple in his neighbourhood. When anchor challenged him to recite Hanuman Chalisa, Kejriwal agreed to do so.  

Mentioning that reciting Hanuman Chalisa renders a lot of peace, he taunted anchor to keep a separate programme so that he could recite it in full. Incidentally, Sena Deputy leader Priyanka Chaturvedi dubbed this as an attempt to influence  voters on religious lines. voting for Delhi Assembly polls will take place on February 8, while results will be declared three days later.  

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