In a Facebook post, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday, 2 June, said that although she respects the sentiments behind religious slogans like ‘Jai Shri Ram’, the BJP was mixing religion with politics by repeatedly using the phrase.
“Jai Sia Ram, Jai Ram ji ki, Ram naam Satya hai etc have religious and social connotations. We respect these sentiments. But BJP is using religious slogan Jai Sri Ram as their party slogan in a misconceived manner by way of mixing religion with politics (sic),” she said in a Facebook post.