Celebrate Ram Temple Opening: Declare Holiday in State | Nagpur News – Times of India

Nagpur: The chorus for declaring January 22 as a public holiday to celebrate the consecration of Ram temple at Ayodhya is growing. The latest to join the bandwagon is the BJP, with state president Chandrashekar Bawankule on Thursday appealling to chief minister Eknath Shinde to declare the temple opening date as a holiday in the state. The BJP-ruled states of Uttar Pradesh and Goa have already declared a holiday, with all educational institutions shut, while other states like Assam and Chhattisgarh have announced a liquor-free day on January 22. Speaking to the media at his residence here in Koradi, Bawankule said on January 22 crores of Indians will celebrate the biggest Diwali across the world by lighting lamps in their…