Bring law or saints will fix construction date: ABAP

PRAYAGRAJ: Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP) chief Swami Narendra Giri on Monday demanded that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre bring a law at the earliest to enable commencement of Ram temple construction in Ayodhya by the year-end.

The ABAP is the apex organisation of Hindu saints.

He made the comment after the Supreme Court refused to accept the Uttar Pradesh government’s plea for an early hearing in the matter.

The apex court on Monday said the schedule of hearing will be decided in the first week of January next year.

If the government did not bring a law on the matter, saints would have to decide the date for commencement of construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Giri said. Such a decision would be taken at the Dharam Sansad to be organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj in January 2019, he added.

“The Supreme Court could conduct midnight hearings on several other issues like deciding the burial site for DMK chief M Karunanidhi, besides expediting hearing on the SC/ST issue but the same court today refused an early hearing on an issue which concerned the feelings of the masses,” he said.

He appealed to the Muslim community to come forward to demand construction of Ram temple at the disputed site and set an example of unity and brother-

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The SC could conduct midnight hearings on several other issues like deciding the burial site for DMK chief, besides expediting hearing on the SC/ST issue but the same court today refused an early hearing on an issue which concerned the feelings of the masses NARENDRA GIRI , ABAP chief

hood. “Now after 25 years of a patient wait by Hindus, I appeal to the maulanas and maulvis of the Muslim community to come forward and demand construction of temple in Ayodhya which would not only improve the atmosphere of the country but also set an example of unity and brotherhood never witnessed before,” he added.