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Senior BJP leaders said it remains to be seen whether leaders like Gandhi or Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati go there after the opening of the Ram temple as they will face political backlash if they do not. (Photo: Reuters file)
The BJP has long been saying that the temple is not about politics, but the ‘faith’ of lakhs of people. But in the repeated elections since August 5, 2020, when PM Modi performed the ‘bhoomi-pujan’ of the temple in Ayodhya, the temple has come into political discourse
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya will open on January 1 next year, Home Minister Amit Shah announced last week. The trustees say that on December 30, the idol of Ramlala will be installed in the ‘sanctum sanctorum’ on the ground floor of the temple and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Will be present on this occasion.
Once opened, the temple could see more than a million devotees daily and by 2047, more than 100 million devotees could visit Ayodhya annually, the central and Uttar Pradesh governments have estimated. This huge increase in pilgrims means that the Uttar Pradesh government is gearing up to develop Ayodhya with a Rs 32,000-crore mega plan, which will include 264 projects executed by 37 agencies to transform the face of Ayodhya into a global tourism and spiritual destination. Projects included. 1,800 crores will be spent on the construction of the temple entirely through donations.
Before assessing what will be the impact on the politics of the temple, let us first know the complete blueprint in detail. India In 2024.
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It should be remembered that only the ground floor of the temple will be ready by December 30 this year. The idols of Ramlala will be installed here and will be opened for public viewing in January next year. The temple trust is not waiting for the entire temple to be ready before opening it for public viewing. The first and second floors of the temple will take another year to be completed by December 30, 2024, and the entire complex of over 71 acres will be ready in 2025.
While the original Ramlala idols will be installed in the new temple, a new Lord Ram idol of about 3 feet height may also be installed so that the idols can be seen by devotees from a distance of 19 metres, construction committee chairman Nripendra Mishra DD News said in a recent conversation with The trust has said that the life of the temple will be more than 1,000 years.
Highways, roads, infrastructure, townships, grand gateways, multi-level parking facilities and a new airport are coming up in Ayodhya as part of the city’s development with 264 projects worth about Rs 32,000 crore. Of them, there are 143 projects worth Rs 22,500 crore that have been identified as “priority projects” to be completed by 2024 when the temple will open to the public.
About 10 national and international studies have been conducted in connection with this plan and a ‘Vision 2047’ has been prepared for Ayodhya, which envisions it as a global spiritual capital, a major tourist destination and a major tourist destination, as part of ‘Brand Ayodhya’. Focuses on building sustainable smart cities. , A free-field Vedic township, a new international airport, a redeveloped railway station, construction of new major roads and the Saryu River Development Plan as well as the historic city circuit and heritage walk are part of it.
Only Modi could have made it possible
The BJP has long been saying that the temple is not about politics, but the ‘faith’ of lakhs of people. But the temple has appeared in political discourse repeatedly since August 5, 2020, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed the ‘bhoomi-pujan’ of the temple in Ayodhya following the Supreme Court verdict. The top BJP leaders have not failed to point out that the temple would not have been built during any other regime.
It is expected to grow further before the 2024 general elections as the temple becomes a reality and emerges before the people. Congress and Samajwadi Party will be attacked for derailing the construction of the temple for years. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly visited the makeshift temple in the last three years, top Congress leaders like Rahul Gandhi OR Priyanka has not visited the site.
Similarly, while Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has visited the temple site almost every month, the former UP chief minister prefers Akhilesh Yadav And Mayawati stayed away. Senior BJP leaders told this writer that it remains to be seen whether leaders like Gandhi or Yadav and Mayawati will face political backlash if they visit the temple after it opens.
“While the story of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections was about the surgical strike and quick revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir after that big victory, the Ram Mandir will become the big narrative in the 2024 general elections. People across the country are eager to see the temple,” said a BJP leader.
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