Modi fulfilled dream of Balasaheb Thackeray, crores of Ram bhakts: Maharashtra CM says in Ayodhya
The Hindu
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said that those who doubted the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya were shown their way home as the process has started and the work is in full swing.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said that those who doubted the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya were shown their way home as the process has started and the work is in full swing.
On his maiden visit to Ayodhya as Chief Minister, accompanied by senior BJP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and hundreds of karyakartas (officials), Mr. Shinde said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had fulfilled the dream of Shiv Sena founder ‘Hindu Hriday Samrat’ Balasaheb Thackeray and crores of Ram bhakts.
“Everyone used to wonder when the construction work would start. Some used to say ‘ mandir wahin banayenge, par tarikh nahi batayenge’ (the temple will be built there, but the dates will not be told). But Prime Minister Narendra Modi has got the work started and the dream of crores of Ram bhakts is being fulfilled…,” Mr. Shinde said.
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance accused Mr. Shinde and other leaders of the ruling dispensation visiting Ayodhya while forgetting their “constitutional duty”, especially when farmers in the State were suffering from crop losses due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms.
In a veiled attack on Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, the CM said that “some people are not happy with the Ayodhya Yatra.”
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“Some are allergic to Hindutva... Shiv Sena and BJP have the same ideology and we will unfurl the saffron flag all over the State next year. I want to tell those who used to say this is ‘Ravan raj’ that this government has been made with the blessings of Lord Ram,” Mr. Shinde said, adding that when seers were killed, the MVA government had remained silent, but had sent Independent MP Navneet Rana and her husband Independet MLA Ravi Rana into jail for reciting the Hanuman Chalisa.
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