Digvijaya Singh Urges PM Narendra Modi to Postpone Ram Temple ‘Bhoomi Pujan’, Asks ‘How Many More People Do You Want to Send to Hospital?’

New Delhi, August 3: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the ‘bhoomi pujan’ ceremmony of Ram temple in Ayodhya was held at an inauspicious time. Taking to Twitter, Singh urged the Prime Minister to postpone the ground-breaking ceremony for the temple is slated for August 5. In a series of tweets, Singh said that Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati had warned that it was not the right time to start the construction of ‘Ram Mandir’, but the event was organised on a particular day (August 5) after taking PM Modi’s convenience into consideration.

In another tweet, Singh attacked the Prime Minister and questioned, 'Is PM Modi above the thousand years old belief of the Hindu religion". He asked, "PM Modi, how many people do you want to send to hospital by laying the foundation stone of Ram Temple in such an inauspicious occasion? Yogi ji, please make him understand. How are the traditions of Sanatan Dharma being broken in your presence?" Singh tweeted in Hindi. Ram Temple: If PM Modi Lays Foundation Stone on August 5, All Shankaracharyas Must be Invited, Demands Digvijaya Singh.

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On July 23,  Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati had said that this was an 'ashubh ghadi' (inauspicious time) to lay the foundation of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. "We don't want any position or to be a trustee of the Ram Temple. We only want that the temple should be built properly and the foundation stone should be laid at the right time, but this is an 'ashubh ghadi' (inauspicious time),” the Shankaracharya had said.

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