The Narendra Modi government must bring in “appropriate and requisite law” to pave the way for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat said on Thursday, ahead of the general elections to be held next year.
In his customary Vijayadashami speech in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, Bhagwat said the construction of the Ram Temple is necessary from the self-esteem point of view. It will also pave the way for an atmosphere of goodwill and oneness in the country, he said.
“People are questioning why the temple is not being built despite their chosen government being in power,” he said and added that the temple should have been built already as he urged the Supreme Court to take a decision soon.
The top court had said in September there was no need for a larger bench to review a 1994 decision related to the Ramjanmabhoomi case, whether a mosque is central to Islam, and that a bench would start hearing the land dispute case in late October.
Calling the temple a matter of national interest, he accused fundamental forces of playing communal politics by presenting newer interventions which were delaying the judicial process.