Mishra told reporters, "The Congress is politicising Bajrangbali (Lord Hanuman). Son-in- Law of Gandhi family, Robert Vadra was saying that both Bajrangbali and Hanuman were different. Now, he is going to thank people for Karnataka results. Is Vadra a Rahul Gandhi?"
Speaking to the reporters, "I said earlier also that Lord Hanuman is upset with BJP. And this is not just the defeat of the BJP. It is also the loss of capitalism, the central agencies.... It is a defeat for all of them".
Rajasthan Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Saturday said that Congress got the blessings of Lord Ram and Lord Hanuman in Karnataka elections and BJP's attempts to defame the Congress backfired.
Uttar Pradesh, Ant Terrorist Squad (ATS) is conducting raids in Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Varanasi, Azamgarh, Saharanpur, Ghaziabad and other cities across the state on Sunday, said a police source.
As the religious controversy around Hindu Lord Hanuman is taking centre stage in this election after Congress' manifesto mentioned a ban on Bajrang Dal, Sawant said that his party will get 10 per cent more votes due to this.
"On one hand, they had let loose an anti-India organisation like the PFI to carry forward its anti-national activities, and on the other were seeking a ban on an organisation like Bajrang Dal, which was dedicated to national and social service and devoted to Lord Hanuman," CM Yogi said.
Union Minister Irani further said that the Congress leader should not make such promises in the State as his party is not winning the May 10 Assembly elections.
"We fight elections based on our programs, they (Congress) fight elections on their promises. It is not right to stir up caste, religion and communal sentiments unnecessarily in elections, this shows the appeasement politics of Congress," CM said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed Congress over its Karnataka election manifesto talking of ban in relation to Bajrang Dal and said the party was attempting to lock up those who worship Lord Hanuman
On the second day of his whirlwind election tour to Karnataka on Sunday, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) star campaigner and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath drew a connection between the two states by mentioning the strong bond between Lord Ram and Lord Hanuman.