Bring law to build Ram temple at Ayodhya: Bhagwat

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 18

Raising the pitch for Ram Temple in Ayodhya, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday slammed “fundamentalist forces” for obstruction and sought a law to build the temple, saying this was necessary to usher in an atmosphere of goodwill and oneness. “The decision should be taken at the earliest. We say the government should bring in legislation and build Ram temple,” he said.

In his Vijayadashmi addresss to the Sangh cadre at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, he referred to the ongoing Sabarimala row, claiming the Supreme Court verdict had not taken into consideration the “nature and premise of the tradition” and this had led to “divisiveness” in society. 

“Questions, such as why only the Hindu society experiences such repeated and brazen onslaughts on its symbols of faith, arise in the public’s mind and lead to unrest,” Bhagwat maintained.

“The situation arising out of the recent verdict on Sabarimala Temple shows a similar predicament... The version of heads of religious denominations and faith of crores of devotees was not taken into account.” Warning against “urban naxalism”, he claimed, “To establish a new, unfamiliar, uncontrolled, outrightly biased Naxal leadership with blind followers solely committed to them is the ‘neo Left’ doctrine of these Naxals.” 

Bhagwat advised people to vote wisely. “The RSS has kept itself aloof from party politics and the politics influenced by caste and creed, and will continue to do so. But Swayamsevaks should fulfil their duty as citizens and put their might behind national good.” Batting for cent per cent voting in the coming polls, he urged the people to rise above considerations of caste and language.