Bring law to build Ram temple: RSS
Hindu fundamentalist outfit Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat yesterday urged the Narendra Modi government to bring a law to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya, stating that the matter was being “unnecessarily delayed” in the Supreme Court.
“The government should clear the path for construction of the Ram Temple through an appropriate and requisite law. The temple construction was necessary from the self-esteem point of view, and it will also pave the way for an atmosphere of goodwill and oneness,” he said in his annual Vijayadashmi address at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur.
The RSS chief said the temple should have been built by now. “People are questioning why the temple is not being built, despite their chosen government being in power. The foundations of the temple have been unearthed, but the case is getting delayed in the court,” he said.
On the issue of “urban Maoism,” Bhagwat said the Naxals were propagating falsehood and hatred in society. “Maoism has always been urban and the neo-Left doctrine of urban Naxals is to establish an anti-national leadership with blind followers solely committed to them. Maoism has always used neglected sections of society to further its agenda. Maoists take strength from the country’s enemies and malign the nation,” he said.
“By creating a vicious atmosphere that weakens the social cohesion — essentially the bedrock of internal security of a nation — a world of psychological warfare is being carved out by urban Naxals,” he added. ■