Gujarat to offer dole for tribals’ visit to Ayodhya temple
The Hindu
Promise with eye on vote bank ahead of Assembly polls
With an eye on the 14% tribal vote in the next Assembly polls to be held in December 2022, the BJP government in Gujarat on Saturday announced to offer financial assistance of ₹5,000 per person to the State's tribal community for a pilgrimage to Shri Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya.
The announcement was made on Friday by Tourism and Pilgrimage Development Minister Purnesh Modi while addressing a gathering in the Shabari Dham — a pilgrimage site in Gujarat’s tribal dominated Dangs district associated with Lord Ram — on the occasion of Dussehra.
Mr. Modi also said that henceforth a State-level ‘Dussehra Mahotsav’ will be organised every year at different places of pilgrimage associated with Lord Ram in the State.