Ram Janmbhoomi Trust Chairman Mahant Nritya Gopal Das on Monday said construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya should start at the earliest and hopes of crores of devotees are with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get this issue resolved.
He also said seers would take a “concrete decision” on the temple issue at a ‘Dharma Sansad’ from January 31-February 1 during the ‘Kumbh Mela’. “The grand temple construction should start soon as hopes of crores of Ram bhakts (devotees) still are with Modi. The extension of dates by the Supreme Court is emotionally hurting Hindus, who feel it should be considered (by the court). For past 70 years, the matter is pending in courts. They should get justice now,” Mahant said in a statement here.
The Supreme Court on Friday had said an “appropriate bench” on January 10 will fix the date of hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute case. On the same day, the court also dismissed a fresh plea that demanded urgent hearing on day-to-day basis in the Ayodhya land dispute matter.
The petition was filed by advocate Harinath Ram, who had submitted that in view of the inordinate delay in the adjudication of the matter and in the prevailing sentiments surrounding, the Ayodhya land dispute matter should be given a hearing on priority.
“Not only us, but the entire Hindu community hopes that PM Modi will ensure that the matter is resolved and pay real tributes to ‘karsewaks’ (volunteers) killed by Mulayam Singh Yadav Govt in 1990,” Mahant said. On a call given by the VHP, a large number of ‘karsevaks’ had assembled in Ayodhya near the disputed site and several of them lost their lives after Yadav, then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, ordered police firing on October 30, 1990.