The BJP's Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj made a rather unusual appeal to the voters in Unnao on Friday, 12 April, saying that if people do not vote for him, they will be sinning.
The infamous religious leader further said, he was not demanding property, just votes which will decide the fate of 125 crore Indians.
Further, Maharaj cited the Shastras to persuade the voters.
“Ek sanyasi aapke darwaaze par aaya hai, jab ek sanyaasi aapke darwaaze par aata hai, bhiksha maangta hai aur agar uski baat nahi maani jaati toh jaante hain wo grihasti ke punya le jaata hai aur apne paap deke chala jata hai. Shashtra mein likha hai, main shashtro ki baat keh raha hun. Mein daulat ya zameen maangne nahi aaya hun. (A saint has come to your door. When a saint comes to beg and isn't given what he asks for, he takes away all the happiness of the family and curses it. I am quoting from sacred scriptures. I am not asking for money or land,” Sakshi Maharaj said, addressing a public meeting in his constituency, reported ANI.
Last month, Maharaj had stirred controversy by saying that no elections would be necessary after the 2019 elections owing to “Modi tsunami.”
(With inputs from ANI.)
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