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The matter regarding the declaration of Ram Setu as a national monument is sub judice, the government informed Parliament on Monday. Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said this in a written response to a query in Lok Sabha. In his response, he also said, "No other proposal for declaration of site submerged in seas to be of national importance is pending at present". He was asked whether there are requests for the declaration of sites located or submerged in seas in the country like Adam's Bridge as national monuments pending a decision with the government of India. "The matter regarding the declaration of Ram Setu as a national monument is sub judice. No other proposal for declaration of site submerged in seas to be of national importance is pending at present," he said in his response. The declaration of monuments and sites is done under section 4 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act, 1958. Central government issues a notification of its .
The Union government should apologise for "misleading" the country on the Ram Setu issue, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said on Saturday, adding that when the Congress-led UPA government stated the same thing in the past, it was dubbed as "anti-Ram". He was speaking to reporters at a helipad here. Responding to a question about Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh's statement in Parliament on Ram Setu, Baghel said, When the Congress government (at the Centre) said the same thing, we were branded as anti-Ram. "The government of these so-called devotees of Lord Ram stated in Parliament that there is no solid evidence of it (Ram Setu), so now in which category they should be put? They should apologise for misleading people." The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) too did not comment on the government's stand, and had they been real devotees of Ram, they would have criticized the government, the Congress leader added. Replying to the question whether the .
They should have respected the Ram who is hidden in the pain and Sufferings of Dalits: Congress
The investigations of the team will be aired on the Science Channel in a show called What on Earth in an episode called Ancient Land Bridge