Lucknow: Former BJP MP and Bajrang Dal co-founder Vinay Katiyar has assailed the Ayodhya Ram temple belief administration and its common secretary Champat Rai for not inviting him to the 25 November hoisting of Dharma Dhwaja by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The previous Faizabad MP overtly expressed his disappointment, saying that regardless of being in Ayodhya on that day, he was intentionally saved out of the occasion. Katiyar blamed Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Belief common secretary Champat Rai for making certain he acquired no invitation.

ThePrint reached Rai via requires a touch upon the matter however there was no response. The report will likely be up to date if and when he responds. 

Katiyar stated Rai’s push for “limelight”, particularly throughout a major ritual just like the Dharma Dhwaja set up, was pointless and disrespectful, and it has damage him deeply.

The multi-term MP additional claimed that a number of veterans of the Ram Mandir motion and revered saints have been additionally sidelined. 

“I’ve already stated what I needed to about Champat Rai. My stand is obvious and I don’t wish to add something extra. However no matter I said earlier is completely true. I’m deeply damage by what is occurring within the Ram temple administration. Many leaders performed an necessary position within the Ram Mandir motion, but some individuals within the temple belief (hinting at Champat Rai) are controlling all the things and sidelining us,” Katiyar informed ThePrint.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 November hoisted the saffron ‘Dharma Dhwaj’ on the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, marking the completion of the temple’s development.

Katiyar claimed that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was additionally sad with the state of affairs in the course of the flag hoisting occasion when he observed some individuals weren’t invited for it. 

“That’s the reason Yogi ji scolded some individuals,” Katiyar remarked in an India As we speak group podcast, once more naming Champat Rai.

Recognized for his blunt statements, Katiyar touched upon different Ayodhya-related points as effectively. 

On the BJP’s defeat within the Ayodhya Lok Sabha seat within the Lok Sabha elections, he stated that solely the celebration candidate Lallu Singh may clarify what went improper. 

He additionally repeated his longstanding demand {that a} mosque proposed to be in-built Dhannipur ought to as an alternative be in-built Gonda or Bahraich, throughout the Saryu River, round 35 km away.

“There isn’t a have to assemble a brand new mosque on this district now. It may be in-built neighbouring districts throughout the Saryu river, however not right here,” he stated.

The five-term Member of Parliament is likely one of the extra outstanding faces of the Ram Temple motion. In 1984, he was chosen to ascertain the youth organisation Bajrang Dal to mobilise help for the Ram Janmabhoomi marketing campaign.

He later went on to function the president of the BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit from 2002 to 2004, and subsequently because the celebration’s nationwide common secretary between 2006 to 2012.

(Edited by Ajeet Tiwari)

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