Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar on Monday said that he had written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seeking declaration of a public holiday on January 22 to allow people to watch the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, reported the PTI.

The holiday should be applicable to government and private establishments, said Atul Bhatkhalkar, an MLA from Kandivali in Mumbai.