Don’t hold Ayodhya event on inauspicious day: Diggy

Very name of Lord Ram turns everything auspicious: Shivraj

A day after Union home minister Amit Shah and some other key BJP leaders tested positive for Covid-19, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday floated a weird theory linking the spread of the virus to the groundbreaking ceremony for Ram temple in Ayodhya and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to postpone it, calling August 5 an “inauspicious” day.

In a series of Twitter posts Mr Singh said the coronavirus attack on several senior BJP leaders was a consequence of not heeding to “Sanata Dharam” while choosing the “mahurat” (timing) of the groundbreaking ceremony for Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The “bhumi pujan” of the Ram temple is scheduled to be held on Wednesday and is expected to be attended by the Prime Minister.

“I again request Modiji to postpone the groundbreaking ceremony of the Ram temple on August 5. After a struggle of hundreds of years, the

■ Continued from Page 1 event, said it was a “historic and emotional” moment which will lay the “foundation of a new India”.

“It is not only a historic but also an emotional moment as after 500 years the Ram temple work will start. It will be the foundation of a new India,” he said. The chief minister urged the people to light earthen lamps, decorate temples and recite Ramayana in memory of those “who laid down their lives in the temple struggle”.

For those who are keen to visit Ayodhya, arrangements will be made to bring people from every district once the coronavirus pandemic is over, he said.

The CM reached Ayodhya in the afternoon and visited the Ram Janmabhoomi site where the bhoomi pujan is to be held. He also paid obeisance to Ramlalla (the idol of Lord Ram as an infant), visited Hanuman Garhi temple and gave directions to senior officers from the dais, where the main event is scheduled to be held.