BJP MLA urges CM Eknath Shinde to ban meat and alcohol in Maharashtra on Ram Temple consecration Day
BJP MLA urges CM Eknath Shinde to ban meat and alcohol in Maharashtra on Ram Temple consecration Day
Afore the consecration ceremony of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, BJP MLA Ram Kadam on Wednesday has urged Maha CM Eknath Shinde for a day’s ban on alcohol and meat in the entire state.
In a video message, he has stated the the 22nd,January is as sacred as the festival of Diwali. On behalf of all devotees of Lord Ram, he has urged the Maha CM, he should ban meat and alcohol on the pious day of 22 January, in the entire state.
He has also requested the Maharashtra government to request the central government that meat and alcohol be banned in the entire country on that day.
Last week, the UP governmnet declared the entire 84-Kosi Parikrama, an area near the temple premises, as a ‘no liquor zone’. According to State Excise Minister Nitin Agrawal, sale and consumption of liquor is banned and wine shops will be either shifted or removed from the area.
On Tuesday, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai asserted that his government has decided to declare January 22 as a “dry day” as the consecration of Ram temple will take place in Ayodhya on that day.
He told the media personnel As that from December 25 till January 2, they have been observing ‘good governance’ day. Ram Raj has been the model of their good governance.
He went on to add that they are fortunate that Chhattisgarh is Lord Ram’s ‘nanihal’ (the place of Lord Ram’s maternal grandparents) and it is also fortunate that ‘pran pratistha’ of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will take place on January 22.
There is happiness all over Chhattisgarh. The state’s rice millers association has sent 300 metric tonnes of aromatic rice to Ayodhya for the ceremony and cultivators from the state will also dispatch vegetables to the city in Uttar Pradesh, the CM said.
The state government has decided that there will be a dry day in the entire state on January 22.
According to research scholars, Lord Ram had passed through several places located in Chhattisgarh during his 14-year exile from Ayodhya. Chandkhuri, a village located 27 km from Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, is considered the birthplace of Mata Kaushalya, mother of Lord Ram. The ancient Mata Kaushalya temple situated in the village was given a magnificent look during the previous Congress government in the state.
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