BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged him to initiate steps to rebuild the Ram Temple in Ayodhya by 2016 and fulfil the party’s commitment to the electorate.
Outlining an action plan, Swamy has suggested appointment of a former Chief Justice of India like SH Kapadia as the executor who may liaise with a designated Minister like Gen (retd) VK Singh.
The designated Minister, Swamy said, may issue notice to the hereditary supervisor of Babri Masjid asking him to formally withdraw his claim to Ram Janmabhoomi and offer him an alternative site for a masjid to be built at public expense across the Saryu River.
Swamy has cited assurances given by Muslim clerics and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s residence way back in 1991.
The former Minister also suggested calling a meeting of Islamic clerics including from abroad and seek an endorsement and if it is not forthcoming then Government should move an enabling Bill in the Parliament and get it passed. He wants a Ram Temple rebuilding committee on the Somnath Temple model.