PM Modi’s visit to Raja Mahendra Pratap varsity | Observers say there is more to it than meets the eye
The Hindu
While the BJP is seeing the visit as honouring a freedom fighter who was ignored during the Congress rule, the Opposition sees it as an attempt of the BJP to appropriate an icon who is outside the Sangh universe.
The is being seen in the light of the upcoming Assembly elections as it is not every day that the PM goes to lay the stone of a State university. Naming the university after the ‘Jat king’, observers feel, is as an attempt by the BJP to win over Jat farmers who have been at the forefront of the protests against the contentious farm laws. Being held days after the Muzaffarnagar mahapanchayat, the local unit of the party is seeing the event as a show of strength in the region that has a large population of Jat farmers.More Related News