SEERS UP THE ANTE FOR RAM TEMPLE

The Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti, a seers’ body, met in Delhi on Sunday and demanded that the Narendra Modi government should either bring a legislation or an ordinance to pave the way for construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya before the Lok Sabha polls.

The samiti, through a “Dharmadesh” issued on the concluding day of its two-day long conclave, also asked the Hindu society to unite for the cause and expressed hope that the Modi government will fulfill its wish of construction of the temple. It asked people to vote for those who protect “Gai (cow), Ganga and Govind (God)”.

As the clamour by the Sangh Parivar and the BJP for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya gets shriller by the day, the government is considering bringing in an ordinance and summoning a special Parliament session ahead of the Winter Session, which is expected to begin in the second week of December.

“We don’t need to focus on anything else, but only consolidate our own votebank... that would comfortably see us through,” a senior BJP leader told this newspaper.

It was further claimed that once the “green signal is given”, the construction would begin and within a span of six weeks, the “kar sevaks could put up a temporary structure at the site”.

It was further claimed that “everything is ready, the pillars, tiles, windows and doors, and all that is required to build the magnificent temple is ready and could be put in place with speed.”