TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has said the Ram temple issue is raked up before every election and wondered for how long will people be ‘fooled’ with the ‘mandir wahi banayenge’ slogan. Mr Thackeray said that during his visit to Ayodhya on November 25, he would “seek an answer” as to how many more elections will people be fooled with the slogan.
The Sena chief collected soil from Shivneri fort in Pune district, where Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born. He told reporters that he will carry the soil to Ayodhya during his visit on November 25. Mr Thackeray had announced during the Shiv Sena’s Dussehra rally in Mumbai that he will visit Ayodhya on November 25 and “question” Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of the construction of the Ram temple.
“The soil where Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born carries with it sentiments of all Hindus and collecting these sentiments will speed up the process of the construction of Ram temple,” he said. “The issue of Ram temple is raked up before every election. I will seek an answer as to for how many more elections will the people be fooled with the slogan Mandir wahi banayenge,” he said.