Lucknow, June 28 -- The Samajwadi Party (SP) will now use the Ram Temple donation theft issue to blunt the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Hindutva narrative. Following the FIR, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has intensified his efforts to increase his share of Hindu votes.
On Saturday, Akhilesh Yadav wrote on social media that after forming the government, he would develop Ayodhya as "Siyaram Dham" and "restore the rights of the people of Ayodhya." Political analysts are considering this statement as an important message.
The use of terms like "Sanatan values" and "faith and devotion" indicates that the SP is now working on a strategy to establish its stake in the Hindu religious narrative rather than maintaining distance from it.
A senior part...