ACTION PUNJAB NEWS Desk: Bombay High Court rejected a petition filed by four law students challenging Maharashtra government’s decision to declare a public holiday on January 22, the day of ‘Pran Pratishtha’ at Ayodhya’s Ram Temple.
Four law students, Shivangi Agarwal (20), Satyajit Salve (21), Vedant Agrawal (19), and Khushi Bangla (21), claimed that the Maharashtra government’s decision is arbitrary and have challenged it in court.
They also claimed that it is not within the state government’s power to declare such a holiday.
However, Maharashtra is not alone in declaring January 22 as a public holiday to commemorate the Pran Pratishtha of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Several states and union territories, including the national capital Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Assam, are also participating, with central government offices working half-days. Public sector banks will be closed until 2.30 p.m. on January 22. The NSE and BSE stock exchanges will be closed on Monday.
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On January 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend Ram Lalla’s Pran Pratishtha inside the grand temple’s sanctum.
A large number of leaders and dignitaries from various walks of life have been invited to the grand temple opening in Ayodhya.
The Vedic rituals for Ram Lalla’s Pran-Pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya began on January 16, one week before the main ceremony.
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