VHP suspends Ram temple campaign till Lok Sabha polls conclude
February 05, 2019 23:01 ISTAs part of the campaign, the VHP has held rallies across the country, and is meeting Parliamentarians across party lines.
As part of the campaign, the VHP has held rallies across the country, and is meeting Parliamentarians across party lines.
This move of the government was seen as an attempt to woo the upper caste votes whose ire the BJP faced in Assembly polls of the Hindi heartland of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
Meanwhile, on Monday, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said there was no reason for it to doubt the Narendra Modi government's intentions on the Ram temple issue.
Fourteen appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla.
Describing the BJP as a party with no regard for ethics, senior Congress leader Harish Rawat said a Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya only when his party comes to power at the Centre.
The government must bring an ordinance for construction of the temple, he said.
"Our stand on these controversial issues is old. There is no change in our stand. We have nothing to do with such issues," the JD-U President told the media here after holding his first Lok Sambad in 2019.
Interestingly, this will be the first visit by the Congress president to his constituency after his party tasted victory in the recent Assembly elections which, many believe, has rejuvenated the party cadre as well as its leaders.
Abdullah, the chairman of National Conference party, said if allowed he would go to Ayodhya to install a brick for Ram Temple.
Speaking to ANI, PM Modi also stated that the judicial process was being slowed down because Congress lawyers were creating "obstacles" in the Supreme Court.
Asked about former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan calling himself a tiger, Bharti said, "I know him since 1984 and he is a tiger. I will remain firebrand and he (Chouhan) will be a tiger."
The LJP has never raised any unreasonable demand from the BJP, Paswan said on being asked about an ordinance to facilitate the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya.
