Kathua rape case: Mohan Bhagwat got slammed on Ayodhya remark, Twitterati said, 'Ram Mandir if not rebuilt our culture root will be cut but minor raped inside temple intact it?'

The Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday commented on Ayodhya Ram Mandir that 'the root of our culture' will be cut if the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is not 'rebuilt' The RSS chief comment came after the Kathua girl was brutally raped and murdered by 8 men and the civil society members staged country-wide protests across India against the sexual violence against women.

Mohan Bhagwat made a comment at Viraat Hindu Sammelan at Dahanu in adjoining Palghar district, came amidst the matter currently pending before the Supreme Court for hearing.

Bhagwat said, “If the Ram Mandir (in Ayodhya) is not rebuilt, the root of our culture will be cut. There is no doubt that the temple will be built at the spot where it was.” Bhagwat then went on to add, “The Muslim community in India did not destroy the Ram Mandir. Indian nationals can’t do such a thing, foreign forces destroyed temples in Mumbai to demoralise Indians.”

“But today, we are independent. We have the right to rebuild whatever was destroyed because these were not just temples but the symbols of our identity,” he said.

According to the charge-sheet prepared by the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch officials, Kathua’s 8-year-old child was held captive inside a temple, where she was sedated and sexually assaulted for several days before being brutally murdered.

Well, the social media users sarcastically trolled the RSS chief and asked Bhagwat if raping an 8-year-old child inside a temple ‘kept his cultural root intact.'