BJP employs ‘Ramar Sethu Bridge’ as their ploy for their political gains.Perhaps not able to achieve the desired results in their previous elections especially in the parliament elections held in the year 2004,with their favourite slogan and political ploy Ayodhya as the birth place of Rama, BJP has come forward with the new ploy, this time Ramar Sethu Bridge and its protection.
On 30 th December, 2007, the BJP headed by leaders of Viswa Hindu Parikshat, Bajrangdal and other hindu outfits, and also attended by leaders like Arun Jaitley,Sushma Swaraj, Muralimanohar Joshi and some Chief ministers of BJP ruled states, staged a mammoth rally in New Delhi attended by as many as six lakhs BJP activists and followers.
The BJP leaders contended that the views held by the Central Minister T.R.Balu and the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister,Karunanithi regarding the Ramarsethu Bridge is wrong and they want to highlight the point that the protection of the Ramar Sethu Bridge is important since it is a heritage site, besides it has important thorium reserves helping the fishes to multiply.If the bridge is dismantled we will lose the thorium reserves besides endangering the fishes.Hence, Ramar Sethu Project in its present form should not be allowed to continue and to be completed.
It is an irony that it was BJP which okeyed the Ramar Sethu Project in its present form when they were in power and they did not then discuss anything about the Ramar Sethu bridge,thorium reserves, conservation of fish etc.Therefore,BJP now wants to politicise the Ramar Sethu Project and gain political advantages out of it.Let us see what the people will think about it.They will have theirown designs !