PM Modi in Ayodhya: In his first visit after Pran Pratishtha, PM Modi offers prayers at Ayodhya Ram temple

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening paid a visit to the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, where he offered prayers.

Ayodhya will be voting in the fifth phase on May 20. Lok Sabha elections are being held in seven phases till June 1 and the counting of votes in all seats is scheduled for June 4.

The polling in Uttar Pradesh, which sends the most members to the Lower House, at 80, is being held in all seven phases of the parliamentary elections. Voting in 16 seats was completed in the first two phases.

In the 2019 general elections, the BJP took a lion’s share of the electoral spoils, winning 62 out of 80 seats in the state, with 2 more won by ally Apna Dal (S). Mayawati’s BSP managed to secure 10 seats, while Akhilesh Yadav’s SP had to settle for just five.

The Congress was reduced to just a lone seat.