Road leading up to Ram Janmabhoomi to be named after Kalyan Singh

Road leading up to Ram Janmabhoomi to be named after Kalyan Singh

Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, August 23

The road leading to the Ram Janmabhoomi will be named after former chief minister Kalyan Singh, Uttar Pradesh’s deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said on Sunday.

Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya said that this would be a tribute to the contribution of the late leader in the Ayodhya movement and his commitment to the Ram temple.

One road in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Bulandshahr and Aligarh would also be named after Kalyan Singh.

“The PWD department will soon complete the formalities in this regard,” Maurya told reporters.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kalyan Singh died on Saturday after being critically ill for a few months. His first term as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh was controversial. He was still chief minister when hundreds of Hindu karsevaks descended on Ayodhya to tear down the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.

Kalyan Singh resigned the same month as a result of the incident saying it was his “moral responsibility”. With IANS