Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over Ram temple controversy, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said that whenever the elections are around the corner the BJP starts chanting "Ram Ram".

Addressing a gathering of farmers at the Jantar Mantar, here, Yechury said, "BJP, Prime Minister Modi and RSS have only one weapon in hand that is Ram Temple. As the elections are approaching, they have started chanting 'Ram Ram'."