Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik on Friday has written to PM Narendra Modi asking for the inclusion of a Shiv Sena member in the 15-member Ram mandir trust, Republic reports.

Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik on Friday has written a leeter to PM Narendra Modi asking for including a Shiv Sena member in the 15-member Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, which is formed to look after the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s will visit Ayodhya on March 7. A delegation of Shiv Sena leaders led by Sanjay Raut has already reached Ayodhya to make arrangements for Thackeray’s visit.

Talking about the contribution of Shiv Sainiks, Sarnik further added that, it was Shiv Sena Supremo Balaasaheb Thackeray, who had taken the responsibility of the destruction of Babri Masjid in 1992.

A delegation of Shiv Sena leaders led by Sanjay Raut has already reached Ayodhya to make arrangements for Thackeray’s visit.

Shiv Sena had acknowledged, through its mouthpiece Saamna, that the VHP spearheaded the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, but had reminded that several Hindutva outfits like Shiv Sena, Bajarang Dal were involved in it.

In the demolition of the Babri masjid in 1992, Saamana claimed that seeing the blood of karsevaks flow in the Sarayu had angered Shiv Sainiks. But they had never taken political benefits in Babri demolition. Shiv Sena has alleged that all the chosen members including Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Champat Rai and Nripendra Misra were all close to PM Modi or some RSS-affiliated organisation – which will benefit BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

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