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Hindu activists protest against Sethu Samundram project
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Bhopal,
Dec
16:
Activists
of
the
Bajrang
Dal
and
Rashtriya
Swabhiman
Andolan
have
donated
blood
to
make
painting
of
Lord
Rama
to
protest
against
the
construction
of
the
Sethu
Samundram
Canal
Project.
The
painting
using
blood
as
medium
is
intended
to
show
the
anguish
of
the
Hindu
community.
"We
have
expressed
the
pain
we
have
felt
regarding
Ram
Sethu.
If
one
can
give
blood
(for
the
cause)
he
can
shed
it
as
well," said
Kailash
Tiwari,
painter
and
convener
of
Rashtriya
Swabhiman
Andolan.
The
painting
shows
the
soldiers
of
Lord
Rama
and
Lord
Hanuman
carrying
stones
for
the
construction
of
the
bridge.
They vowed to protect Ram Setu at any cost. "This is a message to those who are opposed to Ram and the ones concerned with the project that they should relinquish the idea of destructing the bridge or they will have to face the consequences," said Devendra Singh Rawat, a leader of Bajarang Dal.
Few months back, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, a self claimed atheist, had said the existence of Lord Ram was a fallacy as tall as the Himalayas.
His comments had irked Hindu groups over the controversial SSCP.
The project will dredge a channel in a narrow strip of sea between India and Sri Lanka, reducing distances and cutting costs for freight traffic for ships moving from Arabian Sea to Bay of Bengal.
The Hindu groups have been opposing the 560 million dollars project, saying it would destroy the 'holy' Ram Sethu, a 48-kilometre chain of limestone shoals that once linked Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu to Mannar in Sri Lanka.
ANI
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