‘Those who worshipped Lord Ram but became arrogant were stopped at 241’: Senior RSS leader

Days after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said a “true Sevak” does not have “ahankar (arrogance)”, senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Friday said Lord Ram limited those with “ahankar” to just “241 seats” (BJP won 240 seats)  and those who opposed the Hindu deity were “stopped at 234”, referring to the BJP and the INDIA bloc respectively.

“In 2024, look at the ‘vidhaan (legislation)’ of Ram Rajya in a democracy. Those who worshipped Ram but gradually became arrogant were made the biggest party. But they were not given the full majority due to their arrogance. Those who opposed Ram, they all together could not muster enough strength. This is Lord’s justice,” Kumar said at the “Ramrath Ayodhya Yatra Darshan Poojan Samaroh” event in Kanota near Jaipur.

“It is not strange… Those who worshipped Lord Ram but became arrogant were stopped at 241… Those who did not have faith in Lord Ram were stopped at 234 saying this is the punishment for your lack of faith and you will not succeed. Those who oppose Lord Ram are automatically punished by God. So Lallu Singh was told by Lord Ram to take rest for the next five years,” Kumar said.

Lallu Singh was the BJP’s Ayodhya MP who lost to the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate in these polls. The defeat was embarrassing for the BJP as it came just three months after the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The Ram Temple was also a major poll plank of the BJP in these elections.

Curiously, it was Singh who first raised the bogey of possible changes in the Constitution if the NDA came to power with 400 seats. This was later repeated by other BJP Lok Sabha candidates, including Arun Govil, who won from Meerut. The issue was picked up by the Opposition and repeatedly underlined by Congress leader Rahul