Patna: Kameshwar Chaupal, who laid the foundation of Ram Temple, passed away at Gangaram Hospital in New Delhi on Friday. He was 68 and had been been unwell for some time.
Kameshwar was a trustee of Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust and former member of Legislative Council and provincial president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad. He had laid the first brick of Ram Temple at Ayodhya. Kameshwar was a resident of Supaul and was born into a Dalit family on April 24, 1956 at Kamarail. After completing his graduation from JN College, Madhubani, he did his MA from Mithila University, Darbhanga in 1958. Kameshwar
Ram Lalla's 'Pran Pratishtha' was performed in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. However, the foundation stone of Ram Mandir was laid way back on November 9, 1989 by Kameshwar. However, the Ram Janmabhoomi case was heard in the court and on November 9, 2019, the Supreme Court of India ruled in favor of the construction of a Ram Temple. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary took to X to inform about Kameshwar's demise.
श्री राम जन्मभूमि ट्रस्ट के स्थाई सदस्य, विश्व हिंदू परिषद के प्रांतीय अध्यक्ष, रामजन्म भूमि में प्रथम ईंट रख कर आधारशिला रखने वाले बड़े भाई श्री कामेश्वर चौपाल जी के निधन की दुःखद सूचना प्राप्त हुई।
— Samrat Choudhary (@samrat4bjp) February 7, 2025
ईश्वर दिवंगत पुण्यात्मा को अपने श्री चरणों में स्थान एवं उनके चाहने वालों को… pic.twitter.com/zHvRjLUlfg
Kameshwar was associated with BJP and had contested the elections many times. In 1991, he contested from Bihar's Rosda Assembly constituency but lost. After this, in 1995, he got a ticket from Begusarai's Bakhri assembly. Here too he had to face defeat. In 2002, Kameshwar was made a member of the Bihar Legislative Council. He remained a member till 2014. After the 2020 Assembly elections, his name was doing rounds for the post of Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP once again gave Kameshwar a ticket from Supaul but he did not manage to win this time as well.
