CONGRESS SEEKS TO HIJACK AYODHYA STIR AFTER VHP PAUSE

Hindu religious leaders inclined towards the Congress are trying to grab the leadership of the movement and embarrass the BJP government ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress has put Hindu religious leaders inclined towards it on the job of creating a leadership tussle within the Ram temple movement, which the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has been spearheading so far, claim insiders in the party. This fact became quite evident when the Shankaracharya of Dwarka, Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, known for his Congress leanings, set 21 February as the date for beginning construction of the temple and dared the government to stop him. The insiders pointed out that a definite plan was being put in motion behind the scenes to hijack the movement from VHP’S hands.

The Shankaracharya of Dwarka Peeth, who also simultaneously heads the Jyotir Math in Badrinath and describes himself as the “supreme court of Hindus”, has announced that he will lead a march from Prayagraj, where the Kumbh Mela is being held presently, to Ayodhya on 10 February and lay the foundation stone A caretaker installs a sanctuary lamp inside the recently renovated Knesset Eliyahoo, an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Mumbai, on Monday. for the Ram temple there on 21 February. Ground reports suggest that some of his followers have even started reaching Ayodhya.

Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, a key disciple of the 95-year-old Shankaracharya, has already arrived at Janki Ghat in Ayodhya with 50 more saints. “I have reached Ayodhya early to make preparations for the shilanyas (stone-laying ceremony) of Ram Mandir. We will go ahead with the plan as announced by Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati,” he told the me-