"Ram Was Not God, Was Character In Story": BJP's Bihar Ally

Friday, 15 April 2022Newsdesk

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said Ram was a character created by Tulsidas and Valmiki to spread their message.

New Delhi, 15 April 2022

A key BJP ally in Bihar has stunned many in the ruling alliance with his comments on Lord Ram. "I don't believe in Ram. Ram was not God. Ram was a character created by Tulsidas and Valmiki to spread their message," former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has said.

"They wrote the Ramayan and there are many good lessons in their writings. We believe that. We believe in Tulsidas and Valmiki, not Ram," said Mr Manjhi, whose son Santosh Manjhi is in the Nitish Kumar-BJP cabinet in Bihar.

Source -NDTV