This is the first time that the Sena chief is visiting Ayodhya after breaking up ties with long-standing ally BJP
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday left with his family for Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh, with the aim of seeking blessings of Lord Ram on completion of 100 days since he took charge of the Maharashtra government.
This is the first time that the Sena chief is visiting Ayodhya after breaking up ties with long-standing ally BJP, following the announcement of the Maharashtra assembly poll results.
At the end of November last year, the NCP-Congress-Shiv Sena coalition formed the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.
However, Thackeray won't be performing aarti' on the bank of Saryu River due to Coronavirus scare.
According to media reports, Thackeray will first arrive in Lucknow and then leave for Ayodhya from Lucknow airport. In the temple town of Ayodhya, the Maharashtra Chief Minister will hold a 'darshan' of Ram Lalla at around 4.30 PM and then return to Lucknow around 5.30 PM. He will be flying back to Mumbai at around 8 PM today itself, reports said.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had confirmed in January that Maharashtra Chief Minister will visit Ayodhya. "Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray will visit Ayodhya on the completion of 100 days in power to seek the blessings of Lord Ram. We want that our alliance leaders should also come along. Rahul Gandhi also visits several temples." Raut had said.
He was scheduled to visit the sacred site on November 24, 2019, however putting it off following the NCP core committee's decision to form an alternative government in the state.
He had earlier visited Ayodhya in June 2019 and offered his prayers at the makeshift Ram Lalla temple with 18 newly elected MPs following the Lok Sabha elections.
This is also the first time that the Chief Minister of Maharashtra will visit the sacred site after the historic Supreme Court's decision to give the disputed 2.77 acre land in Ayodhya to the Hindus for the construction of Ram Temple. In its judgment, the Supreme Court specified that in three months the Central Government needs to set up a trust to build the temple on the disputed site.
Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Lok Sabha address, announced the formation of the Ram Janambhoomi temple trust in Ayodhya.
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