Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek day-to-day hearing on the Ram Janmabhumi case in the apex court through Government’s law officers to expedite a verdict on the issue and to facilitate the start of Ram temple construction at Ayodhya by the year-end.
The BJP leader, who is a National Executive member of the party, also said that he will try and meet leaders of Muslim community, including Asaduddin Owaisi besides Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav as part of efforts to find an amicable solution to the issue.
Addressing a Press conference, Swamy said there is need to create awakening among people on the Ram temple issue, for which seminars will be organised across the country to explain the legal and historical aspects of the temple.
Quoting Owaisi’s request that the petitioners in the Ram Janmabhumi issue and Muslim leaders want day-to-day hearing of the petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict, Swamy said he has written to the Prime Minister on Tuesday urging him to direct the law officers to seek a day-to-day hearing of the petitions in the Supreme Court.
In his letter, Swamy recalled that he was law Minister in the Chadrashekhar Government and also held Cabinet rank in the PV Narasimha Rao Government and played a role in facilitating the temple issue.
On the question of a plan for an early construction of the Ram temple, he said it will only come up after the Supreme Court verdict and after mutual consensus among Hindu and Muslim leaders.
“The moment the court verdict is out, we will start work on Ram temple construction. We want to start the construction work before this year end. We will talk to Muslim leaders and find an early solution.
Swamy expects a verdict to be delivered by August-September.
Asked whether the BJP was on the same page with him on the issue, he said construction of Ram temple is mentioned in the party’s election manifesto.