Dalit leader who ‘laid the first brick of Ayodhya Ram temple’ — who is Kameshwar Choupal, the karsevak who died at 60
Kameshwar Choupal, a Dalit leader from Supaul, had served as a member of Bihar Legislative Council between 2002 and 2014 and had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from Supaul in 2014 as a BJP nominee.
Kameshwar Choupal was a member of the Bihar Legislative Council and had laid the foundation stone for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. (Source: X/ @Sunil_Deodhar) Kameshwar Choupal, a key leader of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement in 1989 who had laid the first foundation stone for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, passed away in a Delhi hospital Friday. He was 69.
Choupal, a Dalit leader from Supaul, had served as a member of Bihar Legislative Council between 2002 and 2014 and had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from Supaul in 2014 as a BJP nominee.
Bihar BJP confirmed news of Choupal’s death.
“Permanent member of Ramjanmbhoomi Trust, former MLC and one who had laid first brick for Lord Ram temple in Ayodhya, Kameshwar Choupal, passed away. His death is a big loss to society. The Dalit leader and former prantiya adhyaksh (regional leader) gave his entire life to religious and social works,” the Bihar BJP posted on X.
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