New Delhi: The Ram Janmabhoomi, Ayodhya debate once again resurfaced in the national media amidst the Coronavirus pandemic Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust invited PM Modi to lay the foundation stone of Ram Temple in Ayodhya on August 3 or 5.

Amidst this, Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who is also the Union Minister of Minority Affairs in PM Narendra Modi led union cabinet, on Monday quoted one of the poems of prominent Urdu poet Allama Iqbal to term Lord Ram as “Imam-e-Hind” (Meaning: Leader of the country).

Naqvi took to twitter and posted three lines from a poem of Allama Iqbal, titled "Ram", written in praise of Lord Ram. In the poem, the poet has penned lines that glorify Lord Ram adding that his existence has glorified India globally. The poem further calls Ram as “Imam-e-Hind”.

The tweet, within minutes of posting, received a mixed response from the users. While some praised Lord Ram with comments of “Jai Shri Ram” others slammed the minister and called on the government to focus on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The users also asserted that the government needs to get their priorities in place and the agenda of development, instead of communal/divisive politics should be on top of the government’s agendas.

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Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.

A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).

Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.