Lucknow: Congress leaders are praising the ongoing work of Rahul Gandhi India Jodo YatraChampat Rai, general secretary of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, said on Wednesday that a “50-year-old youth” walking 3,000 km in this weather is “worthy of appreciation”.
Rai made the remarks when asked by reporters about the letter written to Gandhi by Mahant Satyendra Das, the head priest of Ram Janmabhoomi, in which the priest extend your blessings Congress leader for foot march. Mahant expressed his inability to attend physically journeysaid in the letter that the effort was “in the direction of”Dry everyone, benefit everyone (Good and betterment for all)”.
Responding to a question about Mahant’s letter, Rai told reporters in Ayodhya: “So what is this? A young man trying to understand the country by walking is commendable. what’s wrong with that? Who is criticizing it?journey, I am a worker of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Has anyone in the Sangh ever criticized (the journey, is the prime minister Sir criticized the hiking,
Praising the Congress MP from Wayanad for his efforts, he further said, “A 50-year-old youth is walking 3,000 km in this weather. So, we’re just going to appreciate that.
Although Rai did not welcome him journeywhich entered its three-day Uttar Pradesh phase on Wednesday, and advised journalists to start a hiking Rather to understand the country better.
When contacted for a comment on his comment, Rai told ThePrint, “Let it go viral. I am not impressed by these things. I don’t watch news channels or read newspapers. If anything appears in newspapers in my name, I accept everything. Talk over. You shouldn’t try to know anything. Whether you believe it or not is up to you, that’s the end of it.
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‘If not for his blessings’
Rai later suggested that the Supreme Court would not have heard the Ram Janmabhoomi case had it not been for Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Wednesday When asked about Shah’s announcement last week about the inauguration of the under-construction Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Addressing a public meeting in Mandya, Karnataka on 30 December, shah asked Attendees book their tickets for Ayodhya to attend the “grand opening of the grand Ram temple” on 1 January 2024.
When reporters in Ayodhya on Wednesday asked him whether there was “interference” by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the construction of the temple, Rai quipped:Arey…by his grace, otherwise it would not have been heard in the Supreme Court (Had it not been for his blessings, there would have been no hearing in the Supreme Court).
,are you saying interference? He is the blood working for the honor of the country. (You are talking of interference? He has that blood that works for the country,” said Rai, who is also the international vice-president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).
While he did not elaborate, Rai was referring to November 2019 Decision A five-judge SC bench headed by the then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi ruled in favor of the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. Directing the government to form a trust to oversee the construction of the temple, the bench, in its order, also said that the Sunni Waqf Board be allotted a 5-acre plot at a “prominent site”, which is owned by the Sunni Waqf Board. One of the main litigants. Title suit, for the construction of a mosque.
Pressed again to confirm whether the “grand opening” of the Ram temple in Ayodhya would take place on January 1, 2024, Rai told reporters that the date would be finalized when the priest suggested “one”. Will giveauspicious time (auspicious time)”.
(Editing by Amritansh Arora)
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