Previous governments kept Ram under tent: Yogi Adityanath

Sonbhadra: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said Lord Ram “kept under a tent” by previous governments will sit in his own temple in Ayodhya next year while the state’s development schemes will turn it into a “Ram Rajya”.

Adityanath laid foundation stones and inaugurated 217 development projects worth Rs 414 in Sonbhadra, and said people of the region had honoured Lord Ram when he visited it. He referred to the makeshift arrangements for the Ram idol in Ayodhya while the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case was fought in courts.

“Those who held power for decades kept Lord Ram under a tent, but in 2024 Lord Ram is going to sit in his grand temple. All the ongoing schemes in Uttar Pradesh are the foundation stone for a Ram Rajya,” he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the consecration in January of the new Ram Lalla idol at the temple under construction, the CM had said at an Ayodhya rally a day earlier. At the Sonbhadra event, Adityanath claimed that the previous governments in the state exploited tribal people. But after the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in UP six years back, the tribals and the poor are getting the benefit of government schemes without any discrimination, he said.

He said efforts are on to make Sonbhadra, which has abundant natural resources and is the land of ancient sages, a big hub of eco-tourism. With the support of the Centre, the foundation stone of Krishi Vigyan Kendra is being laid here to give farmers technical information and help double their income, he said. He said six years ago nobody would have imagined that a medical college would be built in Sonbhadra.