Around 175 visitors, including 135 seers from across the nation and kin of the ‘kar sevaks’ killed in police shooting in 1990, have been invited to participate in the structure ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5, the Trust, which will be building it, stated on Monday.
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Just five persons, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, will be on stage, said Champat Rai, general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra (Trust).
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti, however, said on Twitter that she would not exist at the occasion as she was concerned about Mr. Modi’s health over COVID-19, following some party leaders checking positive, and would just go to the site as soon as he and other dignitaries left.
The other individuals on the stage would be Mahant Nrityagopal Das, head of the Trust, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Uttar Pradesh Guv Anandiben Patel.
Iqbal Ansari, who was a litigant in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case, and regional resident Mohammad Shareef, who was granted Padma Shri for many years of carrying out the last rites of unclaimed bodies, were likewise invited