TIL Desk/World/Kathmandu/ In a controversial move that could further irk India and its ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, a local government of Nepal has decided to build Ayodhyapuri Dham spanning over 100 Bighas or 40 acres. The Madi Municipality of Chitwan district, where Lord Ram is believed to have been born as claimed by Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, has decided to allot the land for the construction of Ayodhyapuri Dham.
The executive body meeting of the municipality on Tuesday decided to allocate the 100 bighas for the construction of the Dham, Thakur Prasad Dhakal told. On July 14, Oli made sensational remarks about the birth place of Lord Ram and went on to claim that Ram was born in Nepal, and not in Ayodhya of Uttar Pradesh in India.
Oli also accused India of creating a fake Ayodhya, which according to Oli was a cultural attack against Nepal. Oli’s statement created furore in both India and Nepal at a time when Nepal-India ties had hit a low ebb due to boundary dispute and Nepal’s overt closeness with China. “We have allotted 100 bigha land of present Ayodhyapuri Park for the construction of Ayodhyapuri Dham at ward 8 and 9,” Dhakal said.
