Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh has suggested to theUttar Pradesh government building Lord Ram's statue along with that of MataSita on the banks of river Saryu instead of erecting a solitary one of the'Maryadapurushotam'.

Singh made the suggestion in a letter to UP Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, saying building Lord Sita's statue alongside one of Lord Ramwould be in line with the long-pending justice to the "noble lady",who faced greater struggle than her husband.

"After all these centuries let Ayodhya at last dojustice to the memory of this great and noble lady," said the scion of theerstwhile royal family of Jammu and Kashmir, while also ruing that his earlierletter on the issue has not even been acknowledged.To have Sita's statuealongside Lord Ram's on the bank of Saryu in Ayodhya, Singh suggested evenreducing the Lord Ram's statute to half.

"I do feel that at last justice should be done to Sitaji. I, therefore, suggest that instead of constructing one very tall statue ofSri Ram, you should halve the height and make twin statues of Sri Ram and Sitaji," said the Congress leader in his letter.

In his letter to the chief minister, the firstSadr-e-Riyasat of J&K also recalled the greater struggle faced by Sita ji,and said, "There seems to be a recent tendency to forget Sita jialtogether and concentrate only on Sri Ram. This will be adding anotherinjustice to what this noble lady suffered in her own lifetime."

Recalling that almost immediately after her marriage withRam, Sita ji went into exile along with her husband, Singh said after stayingin forests for many years with Lord Ram, she was abducted by Ravana andimprisoned in Sri Lanka.

"At the end of the terrible war, in which huge numbersof 'vanaras' and 'rakshasas' were killed, she was obliged to undergo 'agnipariksha' - examination by fire," pointed out Singh.

"Although she emerged unscathed from that ordeal, andreturned to Ayodhya in triumph along with Sri Ram, it was not long before thatdue to malicious gossip, she was again sent to the forest even though she waspregnant," wrote Singh.

The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to build a221-metre-tall statue of Lord Ram on the banks of the Saryu in the temple town.

The structure would consist of a 151-metre statue, a20-metre umbrella overhead, and a 50-metre pedestal, totalling 221 metre high.