Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut responded to the invitation for the consecration ceremony of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, stating, Now, the only thing left is that the BJP will announce that Lord Ram will be their candidate for the elections. So much politics is being done in the name of Lord Ram.
Earlier, Raut remarked that the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22 should be considered a BJP event rather than a national one. This statement came in response to a question about whether Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray would be participating in the idol consecration ceremony slated for that day.
Thackeray will definitely go but only after the BJP's event gets over. Why should one go to a BJP event? It is not a national event. The BJP is holding rallies and campaigning a lot for this function but where is the purity in it, Raut said.
In anticipation of the highly anticipated consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple on January 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Ayodhya today. During his visit, he will inaugurate both the new airport and the redeveloped railway station in the city. In a statement, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's office said more than 1,400 performers will present folk art and cultural programmes in a total of 40 stages set up along the route from the airport to the railway station, Ram Path.
Additionally, the Prime Minister is set to take part in a public event afterward, during which various development projects exceeding Rs 15,700 crore will be inaugurated. The consecration ceremony for the Ram Temple is scheduled to take place on January 22.