Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Union Cabinet's approval of the formation of a trust to construct a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Modi announced in the Lok Sabha the formation of a trust to construct the temple, as directed by the Supreme Court in its landmark verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case in November last year.

Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena on PM Modi announces constitution of Ram Temple trust: I welcome announcement by PM, on behalf of Maharashtra CM. But you all know, decision of building the Ram Temple was given by the Supreme Court and to respect its decision is the responsibility of govt. pic.twitter.com/Tz5cvCKYbT