Amid conch shells and Sanskrit shlokas echoing across India on Wednesday, a lawmaker from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Meerut has made it to the headlines for his "rapping skills".
A snippet from BJP lawmaker Vineet Agarwal’s media interaction has gone viral on social media, as it shows him continuously chanting the words "Siya Ram" at a rapid pace. It was performed against the backdrop of a Hindu temple surrounded by Agarwal's entourage and media persons from different channels for one minute and twelve seconds.
Here is the video:
#Meerut
— SHANU Bharty (@riyaz_shanu) August 5, 2020
कमल कमल, नमो नमो रैप के बाद श्रीराम वाला रैप, @BJP4UP के व्यापारी नेता @VineetAgarwalS1 मौका भी है।@sachingupta787 pic.twitter.com/U9NXI66eJZ
Memers quickly got to work and began posting hilarious reactions to the video.
Eminem right now 😭😭 https://t.co/PFsfJJQUs5 pic.twitter.com/auUf3YsDcr
— Uday Shukla (@udayshukla08) August 5, 2020
Tough competition @Shankar_Live Breathless! https://t.co/3PV0XSS87G
— Pooja Priyamvada #PsychologicalFirstAid (@SoulVersified) August 5, 2020
After #GoCorona song, we need a #SiyaRam song https://t.co/Us9TFHR6Jl
— अंकित|Ankit (@samastipurwala) August 5, 2020
Our very own, Meerut wale rapper! https://t.co/NYbahR3GVF
— Ishita Bhatia (@IshitaBhatiaTOI) August 5, 2020
In Hindu mythology, Ram is considered an incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the trinity of the Hindu pantheon.
He promised, he delivered #JaiShriRam pic.twitter.com/HldYhdlfbG
— SwatKat💃 (@swatic12) August 5, 2020
For hundreds of years Hindus have accused Mughal ruler Babur of demolishing the Ram Temple and constructing a mosque at that place in the 16th century.
The dispute, considered to be the longest litigation in the country, lingered in various courts since 1950 until it came to the Supreme Court of India in 2011. The apex court delivered its judgement on 9 November 2019 handing over ownership of the main disputed piece of land to Hindus, while ordering the government to allocate a suitable piece of land for Muslims to construct a mosque.
