ranchi excitement among hindu outfits and their functionaries reached a fever pitch on tuesday on the eve of the scheduled ground breaking ceremony bhoomi pujan of the ram temple in ayodhya meanwhile congress state unit announced it would celebrate the day by lighting diyas at its officesbjps legislative party leader babulal marandi and ranchi mayor asha lakra sent off 20 pahans tribal priests to ayodhya with soil collected from various sarna sthals ignoring sharp criticisms and threat of social boycott from various tribal outfits vishwa hindu parishads vhp functionaries decked the city with posters banners and hoardings and saffron flags bearing images of ram and hanuman at the citys prominent roundabouts ranchi mp sanjay seth urged denizens to light up candles and diyas in their respective homes on wednesday to mark the occasion and hold special prayers in the morningranchi mp sanjay seth who travelled to ayodhya in 1992 for kar seva was busy overseeing the preparations of one lakh laddoos which he plans to distribute on wednesday i also urge people to go to their respective balconies and terraces at 1210 pm and ring bells and blow conch shells for 10 minutes to commemorate the ground breaking seth said on monday seth had urged the jharkhand government to put a stop on the sale of liquor and meat on wednesday to mark the occasion the vhp also said special prayers and pujas will be held across temples of ranchi to mark the occasionwhile the state bjp leadership said the party will not host any celebration its state president deepak prakash said our party and its workers will stand with the country men and ram bhakts in their celebration as a ram bhakt myself i will offer my prayers to the deity and lord hanuman at my homethe state bjp unit also formally urged the government to ask temples and other religious places to hold special pujas in a statement bjp spokesperson kunal sarangi said the prevailing restrictions on places of worship threatens to dampen the excitement among revellers the government must intervene at once however tribal outfits were miffed at bjps effort to send soil from sarna sthals several tribal outfits under the banner of akhil bharatiya adivasi vikas parishad kendriya sarna samiti kss and other outfits condemned the move kss president narayan oraon said the conduct of mayor asha lakra former mlas gangotri kujur and ramkumar pahan have insulted the tribal culture and religion there move also leads to idolatry from nature worship their conduct has hurt religious sentiments of the tribal community at largeprakash however said the reactions were motivated the outfits are being instigated by christian missionaries in 1992 several tribal people including babulal ji volunteered for kar seva the allegations being made by tribal outfits are baseless he claimedmeanwhile congress jharkhand unit also announced to celebrate the day jharkhnd party president cum state finance minister rameshwar oraon said congress has always support the temple and it was late prime minister rajiv gandhi who first initiated