Muslim Kar Sevak On Ram Temple Inauguration
The consecration ceremony at the temple has been scheduled for January 22 (File) Lucknow: Mohammad Habib got emotional as some unbroken, uncooked grains of rice and a letter came for him from miles away in Ayodhya. Along with that came a photo of the Ram temple in the holy city. “I became emotional as I got the ‘akshata‘,” the 70-year-old former ‘kar sevak’, who has also held various posts in the district unit of the BJP, told news agency PTI from Mirzapur. The ‘akshata’, the letter (patram), and the Ram temple photo have been sent from Ayodhya as the city prepares for the grand consecration ceremony on January 22. He will watch the ceremony on his TV and will visit the temple any day after January 22, as has been urged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He says he was a ‘kar sevak’ and stayed in Ayodhya for 4-5 days from December 2, 1992, with “my group of people”. The Babari mosque was brought down on December 6, 1992, sparking a countrywide riot. The protracted …