BJP lawmaker from Ghosi, Hari Narayan Rajbhar, sought a house under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for Lord Ram as he ‘was living in a tent’, the makeshift sanctum sanctorum of an idol of Ram installed at the disputed spot in 1992.

A Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker has come up with a curious demand. He wants a house under a government scheme for ‘Ram Lalla’ at Ayodhya.

BJP lawmaker from Ghosi, Hari Narayan Rajbhar, sought a house1 under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for Lord Ram as he ‘was living in a tent’, the makeshift sanctum sanctorum of an idol of Ram installed at the disputed spot in 1992.

Rajbhar added that Ram was exposed to extreme weather conditions – harsh winter, scorching summer and rains – without a roof over his head. “The Union government is duty-bound to provide shelter to the homeless, so the district officials must provide a house under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for Lord Ram,” he wrote in a letter to district officials.

In the run up to Lok Sabha elections next year, demand for Ram temple in Ayodhya is growing every day.

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  • 1. Not only this The request is yet another odd claim and in the ongoing claims and counterclaims in the state over the status of Hindu deities. Before This the debate over the caste of Hindu god Hanuman caught headlines as strange claims were made over the caste of the monkey god. The hullabaloo was first sparked off by UP CM Yogi Adityanath who claimed that the deity is a Dalit, following which an assortment of political leaders made various uncanny claims with BJP MLC Bukkal Nawab. Source: News Track