Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited Ayodhya district on Thursday amid the Ram Temple donation controversy.
Chouhan arrived in Lucknow from Delhi with around a dozen senior ministry officials and met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. He interacted with farmers and took part in paddy plantation activities.
The minister did not visit Ayodhya town or the Ram Temple and returned to Delhi the same evening. He directed some officials to proceed to Pantnagar in Uttarakhand for an alumni event scheduled on Friday.
The officials undertook a six-hour road journey to reach Pantnagar in the evening.
