NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Muslims who donated to the Nirman Nidhi fund created for Ram temple in Ayodhya will travel to the holy city after January 22 for a ‘darshan’ of the temple post-consecration. The padyatra (foot march) is facilitated by the RSS-affiliate Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM).
Shahid Sayeed, the MRM’s national executive member and spokesperson said, “Muslim community members from nearly 50 districts of various states are set to visit Ram temple in Ayodhya. Most of them will be coming by cars, bikes, and cycles. The march will strengthen religious amity. The volunteers will be reaching Ayodhya after January 23.”
He said a good number of the marchers would be from J&K, besides Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh, UP and Delhi. “They are from various backgrounds and represent India’s essence of religious amity and brotherhood”, he said.
Recently, Indresh Kumar, the chief patron of MRM, lauded the initiative saying all communities belong to Bharat. “The MRM is engaged in garnering Muslim support from across 250 districts nationwide, collecting donations from Khankah, madrassa and Islamic schools,” Sayeed said, adding contributions from over 10 Muslim universities were consolidated into the ‘Nirman Nidhi fund.’
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