Bhopal: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on March 3 urged Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh to issue orders for the opening of the controversial Bhojshala shrine on March 4 to allow Hindus to offer prayers under an understanding arrived at between the Centre and the state government.

Bharti, in a letter faxed to Singh, said Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Jagmohan had written to the Chief Minister on February 26 expressing the Centre's readiness to open the Bhojshala for Hindus on Tuesdays but till now no decision had been taken by the state government in the matter.

"In view of the urgency of the matter, I request you to issue this evening itself orders for the opening of the Bhojshala," she said.

PTI