The Shiv Sena Thursday put up posters with slogan “Chalo Ayodhya, Chalo Varanasi”, two days after party chief Uddhav Thackeray announced he would soon visit the two key cities in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh. Shiv Sena secretary Milind Narvekar, a close aide of Thackeray who put up the posters, said the proposed visit is “an important step in the country’s politics”.
On Uddhav Thackeray’s birthday, which happens to be today, the banners seem to be a gift from the Shiv Sainiks headed by Shiv Sena Secretary Milind Narvekar. “It has been 25 years since the call of Ram mandir was given. But nothing has happened on that front till now. Uddhavji plans to go to Varanasi, to Ayodhya. We will see if we can do some kar seva in Ayodhya. Uddhavji will talk about it when he visits Lucknow,” Sanjay Raut said.
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“I shall go to Varanasi, Kashi, take part in the Ganga aarti and inspect ‘how clean’ the River Ganga has now become… I shall go to Ayodhya for a darshan of ‘Ram Lalla’, and pray at the temple,” Mr Thackeray said during the course of his marathon 3-part interview in the party mouthpieces Saamana and Dopahar Ka Saamana.
He added: “Lord Ram’s exile is not yet over. The BJP said that work on the Ram Temple will start soon, but nobody really knows when… This means the ‘Ram Temple card’ will be played again during elections.”
Ahead of his 58th birthday on July 27, he even accused PM Modi of speaking about everything barring the Ram Temple issue despite the BJP coming to power with a strong majority in 2014.
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