Top BJP netas also join the rumble, say don’t waste time, construct temple
The Ram temple movement gathered further momentum on Sunday with 3,000 seers, including Baba Ramdev, Jaggi Vasudev, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, passing a resolution asking the Government to either bring an Ordinance or enact a law for the construction of the temple in Ayodhya. The resolution also said that five lakh Ram Bhakts will gather at a ‘Dharma Sabha’ in Delhi on December 9 to put pressure on the Government for building the Ram temple.
Several other top BJP leaders, including Yogi Adityanath, Uma Bharti and Giriraj Singh, also called for construction of the temple without any waste of time.
Besides, the Ram temple issue, the seers also batted for the re-election of the BJP in the general elections next year.
The demand for a law for construction of the Ram temple has intensified after the Supreme Court refused to entertain plea for speedy hearing of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case.
The resolution was passed at two-day seers’ sammelan ‘Dharmadesh’ organised by the Hindu seers and sants at the Talkatora Stadium. Seers and sants who spoke on the occasion also criticised the Supreme Court for deferring the hearing on Ayodhya issue for January 2019. As per resolution, a large number of seers and sants will gather in Ayodhya, Nagpur and Bengaluru on November 25 to press their demand of Ram temple. After that, similar gathering by seers will be held in at least 500 districts across the country.
Bharatiya Sant Samiti chief Swami Jitendranand Saraswati said the revered seers have issued decree to the Government to bring an Ordinance or a law for Ram temple construction in the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament. He said the Government can request the Supreme Court that public sentiments are linked to Ram temple and the law and order system can get worse hence the hearing of this case should start soon. The resolution also expressed satisfaction over the Narendra Modi Government’s policies through resolution and hoped that the present Government will resolve the Ram temple issue.
Spiritual guru and Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar denounced the Supreme Court’s intervention as an option in order to build the Ram temple at the dispute site in Ayodhya, citing continued talks between the primary players should be of prime importance. “The three parties should have a discussion on this. And find an appropriate and an amicable solution to the issue. The Supreme Court’s intervention should be the second option.
An interference by the judiciary should be the last resort,” he said, while addressing the gathering of more than 3,000 sants from Akhada and various other right wing spiritual organisations assembled to give deliberations on the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
“Sants in India had always worked for the country and worked as a support system whenever the country was in crisis. Two things which are a matter of concern are Sabarimala and Ram Mandir but we cannot forget the SC is the pride of this country and we will always respect it. India always respected the women power in this country.
This is a tradition which has been followed for years. When we intensely looked into the matter we realised how it has been practised for the years. I am hopeful the SC will look into the review petition and understand the sentiments of the devotees and people,” Ravi Shankar said.
In his valedictory speech, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Hansacharya narrated the “Dharmadesh” to the Government.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also advised people to “light a diya in the name of Lord Ram” and the “programme” may be taken forward from Diwali, triggering excitement among the right-wing groups that have been demanding that the building of a Ram temple in Ayodhya be fast forwarded.
Reacting on the sant gathering for putting pressure on the Government, Union Minister Uma Bharti said that while Hindus were the “most tolerant” people in the world, any talk of constructing a mosque on the periphery of a Ram temple in Ayodhya could make them “intolerant”.
The Minister also invited Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to lay the foundation stone of the temple in Ayodhya with her, saying he would “atone for the sins” of his party by doing so. She said when there could not be a temple in the holy town of Medina or a mosque in the Vatican City, it would be “unfair” to talk about a mosque in Ayodhya.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh said that no power in the world could stop the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Singh has urged the Central Government and the Supreme Court to come forward and resolve this issue.