Uddhav Thackeray visits Ayodhya, adds volume to Ram temple call

Uddhav Thackeray ups ante for Ram temple in his maiden Ayodhya visit

Shabbir arrived in Ayodhya on a special train booked by Shiv Sena. The 38-year-old devout Muslim man is among the thousands of party supporters ferried to the town in Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra to greet Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and to mobilise support for the construction of Ram temple at the disputed Babri Masjid site.

Thackeray arrived, accompanied by wife Rashmi Thackeray and son Aditya Thackeray, who is also Yuva Sena chief, on a private chartered plane. He met Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas President Mahant Nritya Gopal Das. Invoking his father and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, he said: “This is