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"The lockdown has created an economic crisis and we want to request the State and Central government to pay attention to the issue," said the NCP chief
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that some people think that the coronavirus would be eradicated by building a temple.
The NCP leader's comment comes a day after the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust proposed two dates in August for laying the foundation stone of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Addressing a press conference in Maharashtra's Solapur, he said, "We are all thinking of how to fight the battle against coronavirus but some people think that coronavirus will be mitigated by building a temple. But our priority is to see how to improve the economy which has been affected due to lockdown."
"The lockdown has created an economic crisis and we want to request the State and Central government to pay attention to the issue," added Pawar.
The foundation laying ceremony for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya is likely to be held in the first week of August.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the Bhoomi Poojan' ceremony of Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5. According to sources close to Zee News, Modi will be in Ayodhya from 11 Am till 1:10 PM on August 5.
Sources also stated that the prayers and other rituals related to the 'Bhoomi Poojan' ceremony of Ram temple will begin at 8 AM on August 5.
While the temple construction ceremony was supposed to be celebrated with many Union Ministers, Chief Ministers and other important dignitaries in attendance, the list of attendees after COVID-19 spread is likely to have only Prime Minister Modi, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and a few Ministers and MPs from the region.
The members of temple trust mandated by the Supreme Court stated that while the programme of 'Shilanyas' has been done at 'Singh dwara', it was not a proper ceremony.
The Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust, set up in accordance with the Supreme Court verdict to supervise and facilitate the construction of the Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya, held its second meeting at Circuit House on Saturday.
(With ANI inputs)
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