May Lord Ram bless Karuna with wisdom: BJP

Taking a dig at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi over his remarks on Lord Ram, the BJP today said it was "praying to Lord Ram for blessing the DMK supremo with wisdom".

"Whoever denies Lord Ram is actually denying the nation. We would pray to Lord Ram that Karunanidhi be blessed with better wisdom and understanding," former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and senior party leader Kalyan Singh told reporters on the sidelines of the party's National Executive meet here.

The executive, which is deliberating on the Ram Sethu issue today, is expected to announce an agitational programme.

Senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi is likely to coordinate the movement on the issue, party leaders said.

"Ram is a symbol of nationalism and the every bit of the soil here reflects the existence of Ram," Singh, who was the prominent leader in the Ayodhya movement, said.

Singh's remarks came a day after party chief Rajnath Singh demanded sacking of DMK ministers at the Centre if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi failed to persuade Karunanidhi to withdraw his blasphemous remarks on Lord Ram.

Meanwhile, the saffron party sought to corner the Congress on the emotive issue by alleging that the ruling party was using the DMK chief to air its views.

"Karunanidhi is being in fact used used by Congress to make their own views public," party spokesman Prakash Javedakar said.