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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today asked the government to bring in an “appropriate and requisite” law to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya.
In his Vijaya Dashmi address today The RSS Chief: “The government should clear the path for construction of the grand temple through appropriate and requisite law.”
The ruling BJP’s ideological mentor — had earlier expressed confidence that the Supreme Court, where the title suit of the Ayodhya case is pending, will deliver a just verdict. The hearing will begin from October 29.
“There is an obvious game plan of a few elements to stall the judgment by presenting various newer interventions in the judicial process,” Mr Bhagwat said, adding that it is nobody’s interest to test the patience of society without any reason.
The construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya is necessary from the “self-esteem point of view” and it would also pave way for an atmosphere of goodwill and oneness. “The place of janmabhoomi is yet to be allocated for the construction of the temple, although all kinds of evidence have affirmed that there was a temple at that place,” he added.
The issue of Ram temple, sent to the back of the BJP manifesto to give space to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message of development, has received fresh life ahead of the next year’s elections. Various right-wing groups have pushed forward the agenda and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy have referred to the matter, saying there should be “no doubt” that it will be built.
Mohan Bhagwat’s push comes at a time when Hindutva groups are mounting pressure on the centre to ensure the speedy construction of the temple at the venue believed to be the birthplace of Lord Ram.
On September 27, a three-judge bench led by the then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra had refused to revisit a 1994 ruling that the government can acquire land that a mosque is built on — a decision that paved the way for the politically charged temple-mosque dispute to be taken up without further delay.