LIVE UPDATES: Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray leaves residence for Ayodhya

24/11/2018 11:03:42

Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday morning, left his residence Matoshree for Ayodhya; where he is going to stay for two days. Thackeray will be accompanied by his entire family, where he will hold meetings with the saints and offer his prayers.

24/11/2018 11:01:58

Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday morning, left his residence Matoshree for Ayodhya; where he is going to stay for two days. Thackeray will be accompanied by his entire family, where he will hold meetings with the saints and offer his prayers.

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New Delhi: Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray will begin his 2-day Ayodhya visit with his entire family on Saturday. Thackeray, who began his journey 2 days ago, is set to reach Ayodhya with soil from Shivneri fort, the birthplace of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji. As per sources, Thackeray is also likely to hold talks with the saints on the construction of ram temple and also offer his prayers.


Thackeray had announced during the Shiv Sena's Vijayadashmi rally in Mumbai that he will visit Ayodhya and "question" Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of the construction of the Ram temple. In a fresh statement, Sena on Friday said that the “disputed” structure in Ayodhya was brought down within 17 seconds; then why is construction of Ram Temple taking so long? The statement, which was made by party MP Sanjay Raut came a day ahead of Thackeray’s visit.


"The Babri mosque was demolished in 17 minutes... in about half an hour what needed to be done was done by the Ram bhakts...the blot which was there since years was brought down ," Raut told reporters, referring to the demolition of the mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992.


"How long does it take to prepare papers... to bring ordinance... from the Rashtrapati Bhawan to Uttar Pradesh Assembly. They are all BJP governments," the Shiv Sena leader said. Earlier, the Sena, which is part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) but has had strained ties with ally BJP, demanded that the central government come out with an ordinance and declare a date for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya.