Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde is visiting Ayodhya for the first time after becoming the chief minister. (Photo; Twitter/@mieknathshinde)
The Maharashtra Chief Minister will offer prayers at Ram Temple and hold Sharayu Aarti in the evening
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, along with nearly 3,000 Shiv Sainiks, including party MPs and MLAs, will reach Ayodhya on Sunday. Shinde’s Deputy Devendra Fadnavis, along with several other ministers from the Maharashtra government will also accompany the Chief Minister on the tour today.
In his first critical visit to Ayodhya, Shinde is set to hold a massive show of strength along with his MLAs in Ayodhya today.
The Maharashtra Chief Minister will offer prayers at Ram Temple and hold Sharayu Aarti in the evening. As a token of Maharashtra’s contribution to the Ram temple construction, logs of ‘sag’ (teak) wood would be donated during the Chief Minister’s visit to Ayodhya.
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▶The Chief Minister’s entourage flew down to Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow on Saturday, where they received a warm welcome from the ministers of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government in the state.
Posters and hoardings have been put up in several locations starting from the Lucknow airport to Ayodhya.
▶The posters show Shinde on the background of the Ram Temple, some of them also have faces of his son Shrikant Shinde, Shiv Sena leaders Balasaheb Thackeray and Anand Dighe, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and BJP president JP Nadda.
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