Spotlight on Ayodhya
The hype surrounding the inauguration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya has been rising with every passing day.
The infrastructure blitzkrieg that is being witnessed, which includes the launch of a new airport (Page 1, “Ayodhya airport takes off ahead of Jan.22”, December 31), the introduction of trains for the route and so on, has been carried out on a gigantic scale and it would be no exaggeration to say that all roads lead to Ayodhya. A humongous sum of money has also been earmarked for development work in Ayodhya and it needs no guessing that the city will soon turn into a travel hotspot. The Bharatiya Janata Party can be expected to milk the temple’s inauguration to the maximum for electoral gains and there is nothing that can be done by the Opposition parties to stem this.
