Uddhav arrives in Ayodhya to 'thank Lord Ram'

June 16, 2019 09:30

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray arrives in Ayodhya.

Uddhav with party's 18 newly elected MPs will offer prayers at the makeshift Ram Lalla temple in Ayodhya.

This will be Thackeray's first visit to Ayodhya after the Lok Sabha results last month.

He had visited Ayodhya in November last year.

The Shiv Sena had earlier announced that Thackeray and the newly elected MPs would visit Ayodhya before the beginning of the Parliament session on Monday.

However, the party's state unit chief Anil Singh said the visit should not been seen from the electoral lens and it was "a matter of devotion and faith".

Maharashtra will be going to the polls later in the year.

When asked about the purpose of the visit, Singh said, "Before the Lok Sabha elections, Uddhavji went to a number of religious places for darshan. Now, after the party performed well in the polls and is a part of the NDA government, he is going there to offer prayers."

Singh termed Thackeray's proposed visit as "thanksgiving to Lord Ram" for the party's performance in the Lok Sabha elections and to affirm its "commitment" for a Ram temple in Ayodhya".

"The newly elected Shiv Sena MPs will be reaching Ayodhya Saturday while party chief Uddhav Thackeray is likely to be there the next day," Anil Singh told PTI on Friday.

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