Uma Bharti said she had informed senior officials that she should be removed from the guest list.
New Delhi:
Veteran BJP leader Uma Bharti, a mainstay of the Ram temple movement, tweeted today that she would travel to Ayodhya but avoid Wednesday’s groundbreaking event as a precaution against the coronavirus. She said she would not visit the temple site until after everyone left.
In several tweets this morning, Uma Bharti said she felt worried for those attending the event after Interior Minister Amit Shah and other senior officials contracted COVID-19. The Home Secretary tweeted yesterday that he had tested positive for the virus and was reportedly transferred to Medanta hospital near Delhi.
“When I heard about Amit Shah and other BJP leaders who tested positive, I was worried about those attending the Ayodhya event, especially PM Modi,” the BJP leader tweeted. , 61 years old.
Uma Bharti said she would travel from Bhopal to Uttar Pradesh by train and decided to skip the rituals at Ayodhya to protect Prime Minister Narendra Modi and “thousands” of others at the temple site.
During the “Bhoomi Pujan”, she said, she would be at another place on the banks of the Saryu River.
“I will be leaving Bhopal tonight and until I reach Ayodhya tomorrow night I risk being exposed to infection. In this situation, I will stay away from where PM Modi and others will be present. I will only get there after everyone has left the place, ”tweeted the former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Uma Bharti said she had informed senior officials linked to the Ram Temple event and also the prime minister’s office that she should be excluded from the guest list.
