Aiming to make a fresh pitch for the construction of Ram temple at the disputed site, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray along with 18 newly-elected party MPs will visit Ayodhya on Sunday.
Thackeray will also offer prayers at the makeshift Ram Lalla temple at the site.
This will be Thackeray’s first visit to Ayodhya after the 2019 Lok Sabha poll results came out last month. He had visited Ayodhya in November last year.
On the eve of the visit of the party’s MPs, Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said in Ayodhya on Saturday, “We are confident that the Ram temple would be constructed during Narendra Modi regime and for us Prime Minister Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are the ‘supreme court’.”
Talking to media persons at Ayodhya on the eve of the Sena leaders’ visit, Raut said that Ram temple was a matter of belief and not politics. “We have never sought vote or done politics on Ram temple issue,” he said.
“It is up to the Bharatiya Janata Party to decide on Ram temple construction and as Shiv Sena is an ally, hence it has less say on the issue. But I believe that Prime Minister Modi and Amit Shah can do what the people of the country want, hence Ram temple would come up at any cost,” he said.
The Shiv Sena MP further said that the BJP would get a majority in Rajya Sabha by 2020, and by that time all obstacles in the way of the temple would be removed.
“Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray would be reaching Ayodhya from Mumbai by a chartered flight at 9 am on Sunday and will visit Ram Lalla temple for darshan at 10 am along with 18 newly-elected MPs and other leaders of the party. The MPs would be reaching Ayodhya by tonight,” Raut said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has accorded state guest status to all Shiv Sena MPs and Thackeray during their Ayodhya visit and has made all preparations for their stay and security in the temple town.
Thackeray, his family members and other leaders had prayed at Ram Lalla temple in Ayodhya on November 25 last to build pressure on the BJP for early construction of Ram temple.
