Yogi renames Faizabad as Ayodhya

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Yogi renames Faizabad as Ayodhya

Wednesday, 07 November 2018 | PNS | Lucknow

Yogi renames Faizabad as Ayodhya

UP CM doesn’t speak about Lord Ram’s statue or Ram Mandir

Without making any reference to Ram temple construction, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced that Faizabad district would be renamed as Ayodhya while the new medical college would be named after Raja Dashrath. He also announced setting up of an airport in Ayodhya which will be named after Maryada Purshottam Ram.

When Yogi started his speech during Deepotsava, the air was pregnant with expectations that he might make an announcement about construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. A day earlier he had said in Haridwar that he will make a “big” announcement in Ayodhya. People were also expecting him to say something about construction of the proposed statue of Lord Ram which is expected to come up on the banks of river Saryua.

But, the Chief Minister preferred to stay away from making any contentious announcements. In his oblique reference to the aspirations of the people, he said, “I know what whole of Ayodhya wants. I want to assure you that no injustice will be done to Ayodhya.”

It is believed that when he talked about aspirations he meant construction of Ram temple because a delegation of  sants had closed-door meeting with the Chief Minister when he arrived in Ayodhya. When Yogi started his speech a sadhu came and gave a paper slip to him which people thought contained ‘what sadhus wanted the Chief Minister to say.’

During the speech, people raised slogans demanding construction of Ram temple immediately. “Yogi ek kaam karo,  Ram mandir ka nirman karo,” was the slogan raised by the crowd. But Yogi preferred a middle path asking people to listen to him.

In his about 20-minute speech, he declared that Faizabad district will be renamed as Ayodhya as “no one can compromise with the prestige of this place.”

He also declared that the medical college, which is under construction, will be known as Raja Dashrath Medical College while the airport will be named after Lord Ram. The Chief Minister even said ‘Ram ki pauri’ in Ayodhya will be developed like Har-ki-Pauri in Haridwar and no nullah will be allowed to directly throw its effluent in Saryu river. He also talked about a Government plan of underground cabling.

“When we talk about Lord Ram, one conjures up an image of Ram Rajya. In the last four and a half years, the Narendra Modi Government has worked to bring Ram Rajya.

Policies have been launched under which 36 crore bank accounts have been opened for the poor people in which over Rs 86,000 cr has been deposited. Under Aayushman Bharat scheme, the poor are given free health care while they are also given free electric and gas connections. This is what is a Ram Rajya where all the people are getting benefits from the State,” he said.

He said the Prime Minister has proposed a Ramayana Circuit starting from Janakpuri to Sri Lanka. This circuit would be the embodiment of India’s policy that it wants peace.

Earlier in the day, he inaugurated projects worth Rs 176 cr for twin cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad. Governor of Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik, Governor of Bihar Lalji Tandon and MoS External Affairs Gen (retd) VK Singh also spoke on the occasion.      

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