Won’t let bhumi pujan become Jamaat 2.0: VHP

Ayodhya: The VHP said the bhoomi pujan ceremony for a Ram temple in Ayodhya is a rare moment that comes once in several lifetimes and that they are overjoyed, but are making sure the event does not become a coronavirus hotspot.

VHP working president Alok Kumar also rejected questions about the muhurta of the event, saying the “best advice” has been taken including from the head of the Jyotish department of the Banaras Hindu University on timing of the ceremony.

“It is something which comes once in several lifetimes, the finest moment, and we are overjoyed. But, at the same time, we have taken care that it does not become a Jamaat episode-2, he said in an interview, referring to a Tablighi Jamaat congregation in March.