Updated On: 15 June, 2022 01:47 PM IST | Lucknow | mid-day online correspondent
At the Lucknow airport, a large number of Shiva Sainiks accorded a warm and enthusiastic welcome to Thackeray, carrying the party flags, banners and raising full-throated cries of 'Jai Shri Ram', to which he reciprocated and said he looked forward to his trip to the holy place

Maharashtra Minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on his arrival at the airport in Lucknow. Pic/PTI
Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday arrived in Lucknow to visit Ayodhya to offer his prayers at the Ram Temple site, reported news agency ANI.
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"When we came for the 1st time in 2018, we said 'pehle mandir, phir sarkaar'... I'll offer prayers & receive blessings... the land is not political, it's the land of 'Ram Rajya'," he said pic.twitter.com/E8y5NSHqBJ