While it has been confirmed that there will be no public rally by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray during his Ayodhya visit, group leader Sanjay Raut said on Wednesday that on November 25, Uddhav would interact with the public by making a speech and answer media questions at an open venue where he is scheduled to meet religious leaders.

Going by information shared by Sena insiders, Raut and party secretary Milind Narvekar have maintained that holding a public rally was anyway not possible in Ayodhya because of law and order restrictions. The district administration does not allow such political rallies in a sensitive town. It was a particularly onerous task for Sena to get such permissions as it had publicly claimed responsibility for demolishing the Babri Masjid years ago.