Kameshwar Chaupal Passes Away: Kameshwar Chaupal, a resident of Samastipur, Bihar, who laid the first brick in the construction of Ram Mandir, died today on Friday (7 February) at Gangaram Hospital in Delhi. Kameshwar Chaupal was the one who laid the first brick when the construction of Ram Mandir began in the year 2020.
He was active in the Ram Mandir construction movement since 1984. Seeing his activism, the Ram Mandir construction trust had asked him to lay the first brick and Dalit leader Kameshwar Chaupal laid the first brick in Ayodhya for the construction of Ram Mandir.
He laid the foundation stone for a Ram temple in Ayodhya on November 9, 1989. But since then, 64-year-old Kameshwar Chaupal, a Dalit, is anxiously waiting for the construction of the temple to begin. He earned the title ‘First Kar Sewak’ after laying the shila (foundation stone). Chaupal said former VHP chief late Ashok Singhal used to get emotional when he saw him. “He told me repeatedly that there was no such thing as Dalit as all Hindus were one,” said Chaupal.
“I was not informed earlier about the same. On November 9, 1989, barely a few minutes before the foundation laying ceremony, with all the senior leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) present, a Parishad leader close to Singhalji informed me that I had to lay the foundation of Ram temple. I was not prepared and was awe struck. However, after calming myself, I followed the wishes of my seniors in the presence of all the legendary figures, whom I would miss the day construction begins,” said Chaupal recalling the day 30 years ago.
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