Congress leader Mohan Joshi holds prayers, distributes prasad to celebrate Ram Mandir Pran Pratisthan

The Congress legislator also felicitated the ‘Shree Ram Vadya Pathak’ drummers’ group, which performed at the Ram Mandir ceremony in Ayodhya.

ongress leader Mohan Joshi, who is aspiring for party ticket for the Lok Sabha elections, on Monday organised prayers at Rahalkar Ram Mandir in Sadashi Peth in the city.

Congress leader Mohan Joshi, who is aspiring for party ticket for the Lok Sabha elections, organised prayers at Rahalkar Ram Mandir in Sadashi Peth in the city. (Express Photo)

After Congress legislator Ravindra Dhangekar held various activities to mark the Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha, another Congress leader Mohan Joshi, who is aspiring for party ticket for the Lok Sabha elections, on Monday organised prayers at Rahalkar Ram Mandir in Sadashi Peth in the city. He along with other Congress leaders distributed prasad to people on the occasion.

Joshi is vice president of the state Congress unit and is a former legislator. He had also contested the Lok Sabha elections in the past. “The maha aarti at the Rahalkar Ram Mandir was organised to mark the inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. It received good response,” he said, adding bhajans were recited and prasad was distributed on the occasion.

It was attended by Dhangekar, former corporators Datta Bahirat, Sanjay Balgude, Rajani Tribhuvan, Lata Rajguru, party leader Rohit Tilak and many office-bearers. “Shri Ram is in the heart of every Indian citizen. Lord Ram is the deity of every person in the country and does not belong to any particular person or group or political party. If anyone tries to relate it to only one political party it will not be accepted by citizens,” Joshi said, adding the shilanyas of the temple in Ayodhya was done by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi but it was never used for political gains.

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Dhanegkar, who was elected to the state Assembly last year, took up various initiatives in his constituency in the last few days to celebrate the inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.

Dhangekar, who started his political career with the Shiv Sena, organised felicitation of kar sevaks followed by a firecrackers show near Bhide bridge on Sunday to mark the auspicious occasion.

The Congress legislator also felicitated the ‘Shree Ram Vadya Pathak’ drummers’ group, which performed at the Ram Mandir ceremony in Ayodhya. Besides, he distributed lamps in his constituency. “The Ram Temple inauguration is a proud moment for all citizens of the country. There has to be a big celebration and gifting lamps to citizens is my small contribution to the celebrations,” he had said.

Ajay Jadhav

Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, Pune. He writes on Infrastructure, Politics, Civic issues, Sustainable Development and related stuff. He is a trekker and a sports enthusiast. Ajay has written research articles on the Conservancy staff that created a nationwide impact in framing policy to improve the condition of workers handling waste. Ajay has been consistently writing on politics and infrastructure. He brought to light the lack of basic infrastructure of school and hospital in the hometown of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde even as two private helipads were developed by the leader who mostly commutes from Mumbai to Satara in helicopter. Ajay has been reporting on sustainable development initiatives that protects the environment while ensuring infrastructure development. ... Read More

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