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Seat of God to town of ‘traitors’
Updated On: 09 June, 2024 07:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
The BJP losing 5 of 9 Lok Sabha seats in Ayodhya region despite consecration of Ram Mandir is spurning a social ostracisation campaign. What does this mean for its middle-class residents and traders? And what of the Rs 85,000-crore redevelopment Master Plan 2031 that was set to turn it into a tourism mega hub?
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If Ayodhya was showered with love and admiration in the months since the opening of the Ram temple, it is now drowning in vitriol directed at it on social media by dismayed Right-wingers after the electoral drubbing the BJP faced not only in Ayodhya region but also in Faizabad, the Lok Sabha constituency that is home to the temple.
Right-wingers have labelled Ayodhya residents as traitors for not voting for the the saffron party, which claimed credit for construction of the temple and had proclaimed itself as ‘Ram ko laane waale’. Irate Hindutva supporters are pressing for economic boycott of the town, which has witnessed a footfall of 1-1.5 lakh visitors daily since the temple was opened in January. Ayodhya is believed to have welcomed close to 2.03 crore tourists in 2022. Infrastructure development by the Yogi Adityanath government including rail, road and air connectivity before the temple was ready was cited as one of the reasons.
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