Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav had taken serious cognizance of reports on two stone-laden trucks arriving in Ayodhya six months after the VHP announced a nationwide drive to collect stones for construction of Ram temple. He directed the senior officials to take all necessary measures to maintain communal harmony in the State.
``We will not allow anyone to break law and order situation or create any kind of unrest in the State”, Yadav asserted while adding that the Ayodhya issue in pending with Supreme Court and that will take all measures to strictly comply with the court orders.
According to official communiqué released on Monday evening, Yadav claimed to have directed both chief secretary and principal secretary (Home) to ensure that no one should be allowed to take law in his hand or would disturb communal harmony. He also alerted the director general of police, Jagmohan Yadav, directing him to keep a close eye on every movement so that any kind of subversive activities could be averted.
Earlier, state government reportedly sought a "confidential" report from Intelligence Department on the news that two stone-laden trucks arrived in Ayodhya. "The state government has sought a confidential report from Additional Director General (Intelligence) on the activities going on in Ayodhya," IG (law and Order) A Satish Ganesh said here on Tuesday afternoon. "Two truckloads of stones have been unloaded at Ram Sewak Puram, a VHP property in Ayodhya, and 'Shila Pujan' (praying of the stones) has been performed by Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, the president of Ram Janam Bhumi Nyas," VHP spokesman Sharad Sharma had said on Sunday.
Ram Janmbhoomi Trust's Mahant Nritya Gopal Das has said there was a "signal" from the Modi government that the temple will be built "now". Police have said they are monitoring all the developments minutely. "Stones have arrived and being kept in a private premises. Due to this development, if their was any breach in peace or communal harmony we will definitely take action," SSP Faizabad, Mohit Gupta had said.
Asserting its resolve to build the Ram temple, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had in June announced a nationwide drive to collect stones for construction of the temple in Ayodhya and had also asked the Muslim community not to pose any hindrance.