After Statue Of Unity, Statue Of Integrity? BJP Plans To Bring Lord Rama At Saryu River Bank As Deepavali Surprise

After building the world’s tallest statue as a tribute to the Iron Man of India, the Bharatiya Junta Party government may construct a statue of Lord Rama on the Banks of Saryu River in Ayodhya, as reported by Business Standard.

Rishikesh Upadhyay, the mayor of Ayodhya Municipal Corporation, said, "There is a proposal to install a 151-metre-tall statue of Lord Ram on the banks of the Saryu River in Ayodhya ...Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath may make an announcement on this on the occasion of Dev Deepawali. The place where the statue will be installed will be finalised after the soil is tested. The statue is likely to come up in the vicinity of Sant Tulsidas Ghat. Officials are looking at two-three sites, after which they will pick the best one.”

This development comes days after PM Modi inaugurated the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat, the country's first home minister and a great statesman who united hundreds of princely states into the Republic of India.

Mahendra Nath Pandey, the Uttar Pradesh Unit Chief of BJP, said that Yogi Adityanath, apart from being the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, is also the head of a prominent ‘peeth’ and a ‘sant’. “He must have made some plans pertaining to Ayodhya, which is a place of religious interest, pilgrimage and also the birthplace of Lord Ram," he added.

He said to the reporters, "Let Diwali come and you will get good news! "