UP govt bans VHP yatra over Ram temple issue

VHP was Monday refused permission by Uttar Pradesh government for a yatra from Ayodhya to push for Ram Temple at the disputed site, just days after it asked Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav to work as a bridge between Hindus and Muslims on the issue.

Principal secretary, home, R.M. Srivastava said VHP leader Ashok Singhal had sent a letter giving details of the “Chaurasi Kosi yatra” (pilgrimage) between August 25 and September 13 that said the yatra is being organised with the demand of the construction of the temple at the disputed site.

The permission for the yatra was refused as the Supreme Court had ordered status quo at the disputed site, Srivastava said.

“After the (Ayodhya) judgement was passed by the special bench of the high court, one party moved to the SC which directed to maintain status quo,” Srivastava told reporters.

Srivastava said that they had a discussion with the district magistrates and police chiefs of six districts to be covered in the yatra, who also requested that giving permission would not be right.

The yatra would have started from Ayodhya and covered the districts of Faizabad, Barabanki, Gonda, Ambedkarnagar, Basti and Bahraich before concluding in Ayodhya.

The official also contended that the traditional pilgrimage by Hindus on the route is already complete and “it will not be right to give permission for a new tradition.”

“Keeping in view the situation, the government has decided not to give permission for the proposed yatra,” Srivastava said.

The VHP condemned the decision alleging that it violated basic religious rights.

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