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'Height of Sycophancy': Indian State Chief Faces Rebuke for Comparing PM Modi to Lord Rama

© REUTERS / AMIT DAVEIndia's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering before flagging off the "Dandi March", or Salt March, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's Independence, in Ahmedabad, India, March 12, 2021
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering before flagging off the Dandi March, or Salt March, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's Independence, in Ahmedabad, India, March 12, 2021 - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.03.2021
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Last week, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian, Tirath Singh Rawat, was sworn in as the state chief of Uttarakhand, a day after his predecessor, Trivendra Singh Rawat, stepped down from the post.

The main opposition party in the Indian state of Uttarkhand has slammed newly sworn-in State Chief Tirath Singh Rawat for comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Lord Rama, who is worshiped by millions of Hindus.

Senior Congress leader and former Uttarakhand state chief Harish Rawat took to Twitter and described it as sycophancy while adding that equating Lord Rama to any human being was unacceptable.

"This is the height of sycophancy where one compares a human to a God. Praising your leader is understandable but degrading our Gods by placing them on par with any human being is not right. I hope the new CM understands this", he said. 

 

Another Congress leader Sumit Hridayesh said: "Comparing Lord Rama with the PM is an insult to God. The CM should apologise for this statement".

The criticism came after State Chief Tirath Singh Rawat on Sunday said: "Today leaders of different countries line up to get their pictures clicked with the prime minister. This is different from earlier times when no world leader cared about our head of state. The situation has changed now because of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is a new India led by him".

He further said that just like "Lord Rama had done good work for our society and that is the reason people started considering him as God, similarly, in future, the same thing will happen with our beloved prime minister too". 

On 10 March, BJP parliamentarian Tirath Singh Rawat was made the 9th State Chief of Uttarakhand. On 12 March, a total of 11 ministers took the oath and four new faces were inducted into the state cabinet.

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