BJP MLA accuses Digvijaya Singh’s yatra of targeting Sanatan Dharma

When Digvijaya Singh set out from Ujjain on Tuesday for his "Satya Sanatan Swabhiman Yatra", the move was hailed by some as a bold attempt to bring transparency to donations at religious sites. Within hours, however, the march found a vocal opponent in BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma, who dismissed the journey as nothing more than a political stunt aimed at smearing Sanatan Dharma.

"This isn’t a pilgrimage for the sake of the faith," Sharma said in a heated press briefing on Wednesday. "It’s a ploy to please Rahul Gandhi and to cast a shadow over Sanatan Dharma. If the Congress truly cared about the religion, they would have been on the ground in Ayodhya when the kar sevaks were battling for the Ram Temple, not now, after the Supreme Court’s verdict."

Sharma didn’t stop at criticism. He went on to challenge Digvijaya Singh to organize a march to Mathura instead, suggesting that a genuine concern for Hindu traditions would have taken the leader to the birthplace of Lord Krishna. "Come to Mathura if you have the courage," he added, laughing a little, "we’ll gladly join you. But defaming our faith and discouraging the youth from visiting temples? That will never work."

The Congress, unsurprisingly, fired back. Spokesperson Bhupendra Gupta portrayed the yatra as a crusade against corruption, alleging that the BJP‑run government had turned a blind eye to the alleged siphoning of temple donations. "How can a party claim to protect Sanatan Dharma while allowing the treasure of God to be looted?" Gupta asked, pointing to the conspicuous absence of senior Shankaracharyas at the Ram Temple inauguration, where film stars, not saints, took center stage.

According to Gupta, the yatra’s real goal is to expose what the Congress calls “the biggest enemies of Sanatan Dharma” – a handful of officials and trustees who, in their view, have misappropriated funds meant for the divine. "They talk about nation‑building, yet they steal from God’s own treasury," he said.

Digvijaya Singh, for his part, has remained steadfast. Resuming his walk from the Shri Sai Kunj Colony in Ujjain, he called for stricter scrutiny of temple accounts and even urged a return to paper ballots for elections, citing concerns over electronic voting machines.

As the yatra pushes forward, covering roughly 930 kilometres toward the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the political tug‑of‑war shows no sign of abating. Both sides continue to frame the journey in terms of faith, honesty, and national identity, leaving the public to sort fact from fervor.