Sudhikaran row: BJP SC Morcha performs ‘buddhi-shuddhi’ ritual for Rahul Gandhi

Image credit: PTINEW DELHI: The political row over the alleged purification ritual at Haldwani's Ramlila Ground following Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's rally last month has intensified, with the BJP Scheduled Caste Morcha performing a ‘buddhi-shuddhi’ ritual for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Panchayati Temple in Dehradun.The development came as Uttarakhand Congress chief Ganesh Godiyal led a massive protest march towards the state Secretariat, condemning the alleged ‘purification’ ritual conducted after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's August 8 rally in Haldwani.Accompanied by AICC co-in-charges Surendra Sharma and Manoj Yadav and hundreds of Congress workers, Godiyal attempted to gherao the Secretariat. Heavy police deployment was made to disperse the protesters, while