Sharad Pawar takes jibe at PM Modi over Ram temple

New Delhi: Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said, “Some people should focus on corona not on the temple, more than temple we have to deal with corona.”

We are thinking of how to fight the battle against #Coronavirus while some people think that corona will go by building a temple, there might be a reason behind it. But our priority is to see how to improve the economy which has been affected due to lockdown: Sharad Pawar, NCP pic.twitter.com/Im1jJ1Aa2v

— ANI (@ANI) July 19, 2020

He was addressing media, during his visit to Solapur to review the coronavirus situation. He further added, “You have to decide what to focus on. We hold the belief that coronavirus should be eliminated with utmost priority but some people think that Ram temple will be built and that’s how coronavirus will be defeated.”

Further, he went on to say that, “The state and central the government should pay attention to the fact that lockdown is causing a huge financial loss to the people, therefore helping people during this time will be first priority.”

We have sent to Prime Minister two dates to choose from – either 3rd August or 5th August – as the date to lay down the foundation of the Ram Temple. The constrcutin will begin on the date he deems fit: Kameshawar Chaupal, Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust pic.twitter.com/3mcLboVsKv

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 18, 2020

On Saturday, the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust sent two dates i.e August 3 or August 5 for the ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ (ground breaking ceremony) of the Ram temple in Ayodhya to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The groundbreaking ceremony will be marked by prayers to Lord Shiva at the Kuber Tila shrine on the Ram Janmabhoomi site, allocated for the temple in a historic Supreme Court verdict last November.