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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that a law can not be enacted in Parliament regarding construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya as Bhartiya Janata Party lacks ?the required majority in Rajya Sabha.
He was talking to reporters on Sunday in Ayodhya after paying his obeisance to Ram Lalla.
The construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya was among the promises made by BJP in its election manifesto which it had released in the run up to last year’s General elections.
Some other contentious issues like abrogation of Article 370 which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and enactment of Uniform Civil Code were also promised in the party’s manifesto.
“BJP does not have a majority in Rajya Sabha, so this time it is not possible to bring motion in the Parliament to make law for the construction of Ram temple,” the senior BJP leader said. He was here to take part in a programme of senior VHP leader Nritya Gopal Das. When asked if BJP will bring the motion for a Ram temple if it gets a majority in Rajya Sabha in the days to come, Singh said, “It is an imaginary question
When asked about the releasing of relief fund to aid rain hit farmers of UP, he said that the state has already in possession of Rs 675 crore of SDRF given by centre.
He assured that all possible help will be made to UP as far as the help to farmers is concerned.