Ahead of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray’s two-day visit to mount pressure on the ruling BJP to expedite construction of Ram Mandir, more than 3,000 Sena workers from Thane and Nashik on Thursday left for Ayodhya in two special trains.
Waving saffron banners, bands and posters and raising slogans rooting for construction of Ram Mandir, Ayodya-bound Shiv Sainiks boarded the trains at Thane and Nashik.
The visiting Shiv Sainiks will move around with Uddhav during his visit to Ayodhya when where he will perform aarti at Sarayu River on Saturday, while on Sunday, he will visit the disputed site and take darshan of Ram-Lalla.
Two of Uddhav’s emissaries Rajya Sabha members and leader of Sena’s Parliamentary Party Sanjay Raut and senior Sena leader Eknath Shinde are already camping in UP and are supervising the arrangements for the Sena President’s Ayodhya visit, in coordination with the UP government officials based in Lucknow and Ayodhya.