Madhya Pradesh’s Chief Minister, Mohan Yadav, left for Ayodhya Ram Mandir alongside a state cabinet official to have darshan of Lord Ram on Monday.
He said, “We are fortunate to be able to visit Ayodhya… It was our heartfelt wish to be able to visit Ayodhya with the entire cabinet. We finished our agenda for today after which we proceeded to Ayodhya. After having darshan, we all will return to the state.”
He added that if the Uttar Pradesh government provided space, the state government intended to construct a rest home to lodge pilgrims from the state who were traveling there.
“Our Madhya Pradesh has an old connection with Lord Ram…Our cabinet ministers will take the blessings of Lord Ram and work for the development of the state…” the CM stated.
“We have wished that if the Uttar Pradesh government allot us land there then we will build a Dharamshala there for the accommodation of devotees who travel from Madhya Pradesh. We also want to make a Ghat named after Vikramaditya there. Along with this, I am also giving an assurance, if the UP government or any other state government wants to build a dharamshala, ghat or wants to do public utility work here at any religious spot in Madhya Pradesh then, we will provide space for it,” CM Yadav added.
Prior to this, the chief minister said that it was a unique day for them since they had the chance to visit Ayodhya during the cabinet meeting at Mantralaya.
“Today is a special day for us. It is a good fortune of all of us that after a wait of 500 years, the Pran Pratishtha of Lord Shri Ram was completed on January 22 and today we are getting an opportunity to go to Ayodhya Dham and have darshan of Lord Ram Lalla in the grand temple,” he said.