India, Jan. 19 -- The campaign around the Ram Temple, i.e. demolition of the Babri mosque, paid rich electoral dividends to the BJP and also to its parent RSS. Kashi and Mathura are in the line. A new front has now been opened with Somnath Swabhiman Parv (Somnath Self Pride Festival).

Speaking on the occasion in full religious regalia, our non-biological Prime Minister stated two things, both direct and subtle. One that, as the Somnath Temple stood as the symbol of the glory of India, the Muslim kings attacked it repeatedly, but it kept coming back in its greater glory. Mahmud of Ghazni demolished it in 1026 and plundered it 17 times. The second point he made was directed against the Congress party, particularly Jawaharlal Nehru, the pre...