‘A suit with boots should not do politics’: Jagadguru Rambhadracharya on Kharge’s ‘gerua’ dress comment against UP CM Yogi Adityanath | India News – Times of India

Reacting to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s comments on leaders wearing ‘gerua’ clothes, spiritual leader Jagadguru Rambhadracharya hit back at the Congress chief and said, ‘bhagwa is a color of Bhagwan’.
“Where is that written? Should thugs do politics? Should loafers do politics? ‘Bhagwadhari’ should do politics. Bhagwa is a color of ‘Bhagwan’. Shivaji raised the same Bhagwa flag and united the entire nation and Maharashtra .Bhagwadhari should do that In India, people wearing suits are not allowed to do politics,” said Jagadguru Rambhadracharya.
Kharge’s initial comments created a political storm when, without naming names, he told Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, “Many leaders are living in the guise of sadhus and have now become politicians. Some have even become prime ministers. They wear ‘gerua’ clothes and have no hair on their heads… I would say to the BJP, wear white clothes or if you are a sanyasi, wear ‘gerua’ clothes, but then get out of politics.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) responded to Kharge’s comments by denouncing them as anti-Hindu and anti-Sanatan. BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla stated that the Congress’ stand reflects a pattern of disdain for Hindu practices. “This is the true philosophy and DNA of the Congress, which is anti-Hindu and anti-Sanatan,” he said. “This is the same Congress that talked about ‘saffron terrorism’, ‘Hindu terror’… They will never say such things about other religions,” Poonawalla said.
Supporting this view, BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari termed Kharge’s statements as an expression of Congress’s “hatred towards Sanatana Dharma.” In a statement to ANI, he argued that Kharge’s words show a deeper distaste for Hindu symbols. “Mallikarjun Kharge hates saffron; that is why he used terms like saffron terrorism during Congress rule. Congress has a problem with everything related to Sanatana Dharma,” Bhandari alleged.
Union minister and senior BJP leader Piyush Goyal also condemned Kharge’s comments and asserted that individuals should have the right to choose their clothes. “This should be a personal choice for each individual. Many derogatory comments have been made about Yogi Adityanath’s clothes and appearance. They say that if he wants to remain Prime Minister, he should leave his saffron robe, wear white clothes and enter politics; otherwise he should leave politics,” Goyal said.**
Goyal continued, “It is very unfortunate that a person who has dedicated his entire life to serving the society, renounced worldly pleasures and entered politics with the intention of serving the society, is subjected to such criticism.”