Distancing himself from the Sangh Parivar’s demand for a law to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya. BJP ally and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said the temple issue should be resolved either through a court judgement or mutual understanding.

“We have maintained for a long time that this issue should be resolved either through a court judgement or mutual understanding,” he told reporters. Kumar said every party has its own views but his party’s stand has been the same over the matter for long.

BJP’s another ally from Bihar, the Lok Janshakti Party, has also opposed the demand for brining a legislation to build the Ram temple at Ayodhya. LJP chief and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has repeatedly said that everyone must await the Supreme Court judgement on this issue.

Among the NDA allies, only Shiv Sena has backed the demand for brining an ordinance to construct the proposed Ram temple.

Nitish also took a dig at Opposition parties, who have been targeting his Government over alleged deterioration of law and order, among other matters, saying their propaganda will have no impact in Bihar.

“We are committed to development with justice... I don’t have the habit of speaking unnecessarily. Some people have the habit of only talking while I do my work,” he said.

Hindutva groups, including BJP’s ideological parent RSS, have been pressing the Central Government to bring a legislation to pave the way for construction of the temple at the site where Lord Ram is believed to have been born. 

The case of the Ram temple land dispute is presently in the Supreme Court.