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Mayawati says Kovind should've been invited to Ayodhya

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 8/10/2020 4:06:35 PM

Lucknow, Aug 9 Mayawati said on Sunday that President Ram Nath Kovind who hails from the Dalit community should have been invited to the bhoomi pujan ceremony in Ayodhya alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a statement she issued, the former Uttar Pradesh CM and chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) said, "President Ram Nath Kovind should have been invited for the bhoomi pujan in Ayodhya on August 5. His presence would have sent a good message. Dalit seers also expressed willingness to participate in the event but they were completely ignored." In a tweet on July 31, Mayawati had expressed dissatisfaction at lone D a l i t Mahamanadaleshwar of Juna Akhada, Swami Kanhaiya Prabhunandan Giri not being invited to the groundbreaking ceremony of the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya. An invitation to him would have been proof of the fulfillment of the constitutional aim of the creation of a casteless society, she had added. Mayawati also slammed the Samajwadi Party (SP) for proposing a 108-foot tall statue of Lord Parshuram in Lucknow. The BSP chief termed the move an attempt to woo Brahmin voters. "During the BSP regime, many schemes were started in the name of prominent saints belonging to different castes.