patna thousands of hindu devotes shouting jai sri ram waited till midnight in the chilly winter standing along the main roads to have a glimpse of two shaligram stones as the truck carrying them passed through 217kmlong stretch in north bihar to finally reach ayodhaya the shaligram stones have been dispatched from nepal for the construction of idols of lord ram and sita expected to be placed in the main temple complex of the now under construction ram temple at ayodhyathe rather quiet scene during the sheela shobha yatra this time was in sharp contrast to the volatile situation in early 90s when a ramsheela procession had been taken out in bihar to launch campaigns for construction of ram temple passions ran high and the entire state was put on high alert as the procession moved across the state a high point in the development came when the then chief minister lalu prasad heading the janata dal government had ordered the arrest of lk advai the then bjp president leading the ram rath yatra as he reached bihar observers recalllalu became a national hero overnight for his daring act as the development left its deep impact not only on bihar but national politics as well in the next 15 years lalus janata dal and later the rjd dominated the state politics thanks to the wholehearted support of the muslim communitysome 33 years later it appeared to be a different scene in the state now again in the control of lalu and his foeturnedfriend nitish kumar while lalu is away in singapore recuperating from kidney transplant surgery his other prominent colleague sharad yadav who too had opposed the rath yatra is no more the state government on the other hand looked calm and composedthe stonesladen truck which entered the state through jatahi border passed through 217kmlong stretch in five districtsmadhubani darbhanga muzaffarpur motihari and gopalganjbefore slipping into the boundary of up on tuesday