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Singh said that he is also scheduled to visit the Ramjanmabhoomi site and offer prayers.Thackeray, however, is scheduled to address a gathering only on November 25, after the Sant Samagam is over. “All Ram Bhakts are invited,’’ he said. Ayodhya MP Lallu Singh, too, recently participated in the bhoomipujan of the site where the congregation of seers has been convened by the VHP.As the pitch around the Temple issue gets shriller, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has advanced his visit to Ayodhya and is likely to reach the temple town on November 24 itself to meet seers and saints.UP Shiv Sena chief Anil Singh confirmed that Thackeray would be reaching Ayodhya a day before the ‘Sant Samagam’ of the VHP. His visit to Ayodhya has also fuelled speculation about Sena making its outreach in UP ahead of Lok Sabha elections.Shiv Sena’s organising a rally alongside the VHP backed ‘Sant Samagam’, nevertheless, has brought back the memories of December 6 1992 when large number of Shiv Sainiks, reportedly disguised as ‘kar sewaks’ climbed atop Babri Masjid and pulled down its dome.VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal said not only Thackeray but leaders of other political parties, too, should reach Ayodhya. LUCKNOW: The grand buildup for the VHP show in Ayodhya on November 25 is likely to end up in a spectacle of rhetoric as, according to an intelligence report, Central government is not in favour of any meddling with the status quo as long as the matter is pending before the Supreme Court.A senior officer of the state intelligence department told TOI on condition of anonymity that the top leadership of VHP had been conveyed that “the legal as well as the practical situations do not warrant any disturbance by those congregating.” Besides, the conviction Kalyan Singh, who was the chief minister on December 6, 1992 when Babri Masjid was demolished, for flouting the court orders for maintaining a status quo, will acts as a deterrent.“From the chief secretary to the district magistrate of Ayodhya, nobody would not like to sacrifice their job by paving way for any of VHP’s plans to start construction within the 60.7 acres of land acquired by the state government..