Published 21:09 IST, February 27th 2020
Sanjay Raut to visit Ayodhya prior to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray's visit on March 7
Shiv Sena senior leader Sanjay Raut will visit Ayodhya on Thursday, ahead of Sena supremo and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's visit on March 7
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Shiv Sena senior leader Sanjay Raut will visit Ayodhya on Thursday ahead of party supremo and Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray's visit on March 7. Raut will also meet district magistrate and make necessary arrangements. Sena leader had earlier informed that on completion of 100 days of Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray would visit Ayodhya to pay hom to Lord Ram.
Sounding Ayodhya bugle, Shiv Sena MP Raut on February 22 had anunced that Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray will visit Ayodhya on March 7. Detailing his itinerary, Raut said that Thackeray along with countless Shiv Sainiks will visit Ram Lalla in afteron and will perform aarti on banks of Sarayu in afteron. He has also invited everyone to be a part of this historic journey, which will include senior Shiv Sena ministers, Thackeray family and senior leaders like Raut himself.
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Sena on Ayodhya
Previously, on September 15, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray met all Sena MPs and MLAs at Matoshree and has reportedly told m to be prepared for building Ram Mandir. Moreover, Thackeray, his son Aaditya Thackeray, along with 18 party MPs visited Ayodhya in June and offered prayers at makeshift Ram Lalla temple. But after Ayodhya verdict paved way for Ram Mandir, Sena supremo had cancelled his Ayodhya visit which he had planned for vember 24 attributing it to delay in government formation in Maharashtra.
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Sena's Hindutva & Ram Mandir
After snapping ties with 30-year old ally BJP, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had said that Sena has t betrayed Hindutva, in his first Assembly address as CM. He put forth that Sena's Hindutva was intact, inspite of its 'secular' joint Common Minimum Programme with its allies Congress-NCP which has led to it often feuding with Congress over its hero- Savarkar. This visit also comes amidst President of Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Mahant Nritya Gopal Das anuncing that construction of temple will begin within six months and in same place where Babri Masjid was present.
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(With ANI Inputs)
21:09 IST, February 27th 2020