Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday held a meeting after tension flared up in Ayodhya. The Chief Minister has directed officials to take steps to maintain law and order in the town.
The situation is tense in Ayodhya after the arrival of two stone-laden trucks allegedly for the construction of Ram temple.
The trucks arrived almost six months after Vishwa Hindu Parishad announced its nationwide drive to collect stones for construction of Ram temple. "Two trucks of stones have been unloaded at Ram Sewak Puram, a VHP property in Ayodhya, and 'Shila Pujan' (praying of the stones) has been performed by Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, the president of Ram Janam Bhumi Nyas," VHP spokesman Sharad Sharma had said.
Asserting its resolve to build the Ram temple, the VHP had in June announced a nationwide drive to collect stones for construction of the temple and had also asked the Muslim community not to pose any hindrance.
"About 2.25 lakhs cubic feet of stones are required for the construction of the Ram temple and about 1.25 lakh cubic ft of stones are ready at the VHP's headquarter in Ayodhya. The rest one lakh cubic ft stones would be collected nationwide from Hindu devotees," VHP leader Ashok Singhal, who died last month in Gurgaon, had said.
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