If Rahul's 'aura' continues this year, political change likely in 2024: Raut

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed last year gave a new aura to Congress MP Rahul Gandhis leadership and if the trend continues in 2023 the country may see a political change in the next general electionsIn his weekly column Rokhthok in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana Raut also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah should not sow seeds of hatred and divisivenessThe Rajya Sabha member said the Ram temple issue has been settled so no votes can be sought on the matterHence a new love jihad angle is being explored Is this weapon of love jihad being used to win elections and create fear among Hindus he askedReferring to the death of actor Tunisha Sharma last month and the murder of Shraddha Walkar allegedly by her boyfriend Raut asserted these were not cases of love jihad but maintained that no woman from any community or religion should face atrocitiesAlso read Anil Deshmukh untainted victim of probe agencies Sanjay RautLove jihad is a term often used by rightwing activists to allege a ploy by Muslim men to lure Hindu women into religious conversion through marriageRaut said hope the country is free of fear in 2023What is going on is politics of power Hope Rahul Gandhis yatra is successful and achieves its objective he saidGandhi started the Bharat Jodo Yatra a mass contact initiative from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 2022 and it is likely to culminate in Srinagar this monthendThe year 2022 has given a new shine and aura to the leadership of Rahul Gandhi If it remains the same in 2023 we can see a political change in 2024 general elections Raut saidHe further wrote that Prime Minister Modi says we need to do away with the narrowminded attitudeBut the fact is this attitude has grown in the Bharatiya Janata Partys BJP rule the Rajya Sabha member claimedTodays rulers dont want to acknowledge the existence and rights of opposition parties he saidRaut further claimed that creating divisions among Hindus and Muslims will lead to a new partitionModi and Shah should not sow seeds of hatred and divisiveness he saidAwakening Hindus is the BJPs agenda but this does not mean creating hatred and divisiveness in society Raut said and targeted the government while claiming that issues of unemployment and price rise have been brushed asideThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever