Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Greater Kailash Saurabh Bhardwaj on Thursday said he will make a formal request to the Ram Janmabhoomi Trust to build a grand statue of Lord Hanuman at Ayodhya.
Bhardwaj statement came days after he announced that recitation of "Sundar Kaand" (a chapter in Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas, which talks about Lord Hanuman's visit to Lanka) will be held on the first Tuesday of every month in different areas of his constituency to seek the blessings of Lord Hanuman and Lord Ram.
Bhardwaj said that he was receiving messages of people who wanted a Lord Hanuman Idol be constructed at Ayodhya Temple Complex.
"Thousands of people have been sending me messages since we did Sundar Kaand announcement. Crores of Hindus want a Lord Hanuman Idol at Ayodhya Temple Complex. It's a small & humble demand," he tweeted.
Bhardwaj said he will request the trust to build a "beautiful and grand" Hanuman statue in Ayodhya. "Hanuman ji is very dear to Lord Ram. It is seen that wherever you have a Ram temple, there is Hanuman because every Ram temple always consists of a Ram Darbar which includes Ram, Lakshman, Sita and Hanuman," he said.
Bhardwaj said a recitation of 'Sunder Kand', the fifth of the seven chapters of Ramayana originally written by Valmiki that talks about Hanuman's visit to Lanka, will be held on the first Tuesday of every month in many areas of his constituency.
Following suit, former Ghonda MLA Shri Dutt Sharma said an Aam Aadmi Bajrang Dal committee will be established and through the committee 'Sundar Kand' recitations would be held.
"I have been holding the 'Sunder Kand' prayers for the past few years but through formation of this committee we aim to do it at a larger scale," Sharma said.
The ruling AAP was trolled by the BJP over Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal's frequent visits to the Hanuman Temple during his election campaign.