Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Wait on Ram temple will be over soon, says dy CM Maurya

- HT Correspond­ent letters@htlive.com

PRAYAGRAJ : Day after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath hinted of possible ‘good news’ on Ayodhya temple issue, deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya built on it saying that the ongoing hearings in the Supreme Court on the issue has made everyone ‘optimistic.’

“The developmen­t that remained elusive during the 70 years of rule of various opposition parties has been made possible by the BJP government in just two years. Now, the constructi­on of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is near as the hearings in the Supreme Court has made us very optimistic of a favourable result,” Maurya said. He was speaking at a public meeting in his native village in Sirathu where he had visited on his father Shyam Lal Maurya’s death anniversar­y on Sunday. “A grand temple of Lord Ram has been the dream of millions of Ram bhakts. The wait would be over soon,” he said at the public meeting while supporting Adityanath’s statement that ‘good news’ on temple front was round the corner. Maurya also targeted the previous Samajwadi Party and BSP government­s.

“They ruined the state during their rule,” he said. Maurya said under PM Narendra Modi’s stewardshi­p, the country was touching the new heights of developmen­t. “Different schemes like Saubhagya Yojna, Ayushman Bharat, Ujjawala Yojna were benefittin­g the people. The poor are also benefitted with schemes like swchhbhara­t, toilet constructi­on and availabili­ty of houses under PM Awas Yojana,” he said.

Meanwhile a ‘Kalash Yatra’ was also taken out from Ram Janki Mandir at Shakuntala Kunj Colony on Sunday for the early constructi­on of Ram Temple at Ayodhya. The ‘yatra’ marched for around 5 kilometers and was attended by hundreds of devotees who prayed for a decision in favour of a Ram Temple.

The devotees also installed the idols of Lord Ram sita, Krishna, Radha and Bholenath and raised religious slogans. Dr Arun Mishra, Santosh Bajpai, Varun Srivastava and others attended the ‘yatra’.

 ?? HT ?? Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya at the function in Kaushambi on Sunday.
HT Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya at the function in Kaushambi on Sunday.

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