A private member’s Bill urging the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, by BJP MP Rakesh Sinha, is in the works, to be pushed for the winter session of Parliament.
Mr. Sinha, close to the RSS and author of a well-regarded biography of RSS founder K.B. Hedgewar, also declared, in a series of tweets, that he would be canvassing support for his Bill from Opposition leaders, including Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
“Will Rahul Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury, Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati and Lalu Prasad Yadav support a private member Bill on Ayodhya? They frequently ask the date (of Ram temple construction) from RSS and BJP, now onus is on them to answer,” he tweeted.
‘Not a priority for SC’
He said it was time to separate “truth from lies”. He added that the Ram temple issue did not appear to be a priority for the Supreme Court and questioned how many days the apex court took to give the verdict on Section 377, Jallikattu and Sabarimala issues. “But Ram temple is a top priority for Hindu society,” he said.
The Supreme Court had postponed the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case to the first week of January next year when an appropriate Bench will decide the schedule of hearing.
Following the court’s order, there has been a rising demand for an ordinance on the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya from Sangh Parivar affiliates, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and endorsed by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
The BJP on its part said, via spokesperson Sambit Patra, that it stood by its 1989 resolution at its national executive at Palampur that it would strive to construct the Ram temple through constitutional measures.