High Court dismisses plea against ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ for Ram temple at Ayodhya

Allahabad (UP) –  The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea for stopping the 5th August “Bhoomi Pujan” ceremony for laying down the foundation stone for building a Ram temple in Ayodhya. A Bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice S D Singh dismissed the plea filed by a Mumbai based social activist, Saket Gokhale, on 23rd July.

(Courtesy: Times Now)

Gokhale had filed the petition seeking the court’s direction to restrain the “Bhoomi Pujan” for laying down the foundation stone of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, contending that the proposed action would breach the Central Government’s anti- COVID-19 protocol.

The petitioner argued that about 300 people have been invited at a single place on 5th August and that may cause violation of the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh Government anti-COVID protocol stipulating observance of “social and physical distancing”.

The bench, however, junked the petition, dismissing Gokhale’s fear of violation of anti-COVID protocols. The entire petition is based on assumptions but there is no foundation for apprehending violation of the prescribed protocol,” said the bench. “At present, we expect that organizers and the Government of Uttar Pradesh would ensure all the protocol be applicable for social and physical distancing,” it said.

Gokhale has regularly indulged in spreading misinformation and falsehood over social media while casting aspersions on the Modi governmenthttps://t.co/i7aEfPchEZ

— OpIndia.com (@OpIndia_com) July 24, 2020

Saket Gokhale is close to Rahul Gandhi

‘Zee News’ reported that Saket Gokhale has close contacts with Rahul Gandhi. Many photographs of Saket and Rahul Gandhi have been published on social media. He is also a supporter of the Congress Party. (The anti-Ram Temple Congress party has not learnt a lesson from the drubbing it experienced from Hindus in the last 2 elections. Such activities on the part of Congress would cause the doom of the party. – Editor)