Hindus insulted by SC’s stand that temple not a priority: RSS
Uttan ( Maha), Nov. 2: The RSS said on Friday that Hindus were feeling “insulted” by the Supreme Court’s declaration that the Ayodhya issue is not a priority and insisted that an ordinance would be needed if all options run out. After a three- day RSS conclave here in Maharashtra, its general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said the organisation “will not hesitate to launch an agitation for Ram temple, if needed, but since the matter is in the Supreme Court, there are restrictions.” He stated this when asked whether the Sangh will launch an agitation for Ram temple construction like in the 1990s. Meanwhile, chief of ruling BJP ally Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray said the RSS should bring down the Narendra Modi government if it felt the need to launch an agitation for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Joshi said the RSS was “not putting pressure” on the government as “we respect the law and the Constitution which is why there has been delay.”
The RSS leader added that the Ram temple issue was among various matters discussed when BJP president Amit Shah met Sangh chief Mohan
Bhagwat here earlier in the day.
“We respect the Supreme Court and urge it to take into consideration sentiments of hindus,” Joshi said while addressing a press conference after the National Executive meeting of the RSS here on the outskirts of Mumbai.
“The wait for the ( Supreme) court’s verdict has been too long. Since the matter was listed on October 29, we felt Hindus would get good news before Diwali. But the Supreme Court deferred the hearing,” he said.
“We will not hesitate to launch an agitation for Ram temple if needed. But since the matter is in the Supreme Court, there are restrictions,” he added.
On October 29, the SC fixed the Ram Janmabhoomi- Bab r i Masjid land dispute case for the first week of January 2019 before an appropriate bench, which will decide the schedule of hearing.
A three- judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said the appropriate bench will decide the future course of hearing in January on the appeals filed against the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case.