'No Need To Argue. Good Things Should Be Accepted': Bhupesh Baghel On Ramcharitmanas Row

Bhupesh Baghel said, there is a need to read Ramcharitmanas in-depth, and there is no need to argue about it. Good things should be accepted.

New Delhi: Amid the row over Ramcharitmanas across the country, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said, there is a need to read Ramcharitmanas in-depth, and there is no need to argue about it. Good things should be accepted.

"I would like to speak about the Ramayana that Vinoba Bhave had said a very good thing in this matter. There is a need to read Ramcharitmanas in depth, there is no need to argue about it. Good things should be accepted. There should not be a dispute about two or four couplets. Everything cannot be right for every person, every person has his own choice as some like bitter gourd, some don't," Baghel said, as quoted by ANI.

He further quoted Vinoba Bhave on Ramayana and said that any philosophy in any religious book has been written at a certain time. In today's time, merit should be discussed. The subtlest elements should be taken after careful consideration. He said that there is no need to accept it as it is.

He also said that we can see Lord Ram in any way, some say 'Mara Mara' while some say 'Ram Ram', what difference does it make, as reported by the news agency ANI.

"Even if one pronounces Mara, Mara repeatedly then also 'Ram Ram' will appear from its mouth. Some speak Mara and some say, Ram, what difference does it make? You call him (Lord Ram) by any name, even if one talks against him, his name is there," Baghel said as quoted by ANI.

Bhupesh Baghel on Friday attacked Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya over his controversial remarks on 'Ramcharitmanas'.

Baghel said, "Whatever controversy is going on regarding the Ramcharitmanas, it is all for votes. The controversy is pleasing the Samajwadi Party (SP) as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It is pleasing SP leader Maurya as well as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath," as quoted by ANI.

Last month, SP leader Maurya sparked a controversy after he demanded the deletion of "insulting comments and sarcasm" targeted at particular castes and sects in Ramcharitmanas, a poem based on the epic Ramayana. Maurya further claimed that in the Ramcharitmanas, which was composed by Tulsidas, there are words hurting the sentiments of the Dalit community.