“Don’t Need Invitation To Visit Ayodhya”: Uddhav Thackeray On Attending Ram Temple Event

Mumbai:

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday stated he has not but acquired the invitation for the consecration of Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22.

Thackeray additionally confused he would not want a proper invite as Ram Lalla belongs to everybody and that he would go to the temple city in Uttar Pradesh every time he felt like.

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Belief has been inviting a number of outstanding personalities and political leaders of the nation for the grand occasion.

Speaking to reporters, Thackeray stated Shiv Sena had undertaken an extended wrestle for the Ram Janmabhoomi motion. He additional stated his father and Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s voting proper was “snatched” for campaigning for the Ram Temple and Hindutva throughout a bypoll.

“I’ve not acquired any invitation but and I do not want one to go to Ayodhya as Ram Lalla belongs to everybody. Every time I really feel prefer it, I’ll go. Shiv Sena had contributed quite a bit to the Ram temple motion,” stated Thackeray, a member of the opposition INDIA bloc.

Thackeray recalled that he had visited Ayodhya even when he was chief minister of Maharashtra.

Taking a veiled swipe at BJP, he stated, “I solely anticipate that political occasion should not be made out of it (the consecration ceremony). Lord Ram just isn’t the property of any single social gathering. That is the matter of religion for crores of individuals”.

He additionally stated it was the Supreme Court docket’s determination that paved the way in which for the development of Ram temple and the Centre had no function.

Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson Sanjay Raut stated the “high ten” amongst these accused of demolishing the Babri mosque in 1992 are Shiv Sainiks together with Bal Thackeray. “A complete of 109 Shiv Sainikas from Maharashtra determine within the record of the accused individuals within the demolition case,” he claimed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and greater than 6,000 individuals are anticipated to attend the consecration ceremony. 

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