RSS to ask political parties to support legislation on Ram temple

Agra | Sunday | 11th November, 2018

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Agra: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will hold a 'Sangh Samanvaya' meeting in Agra on Monday to plan its strategy for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya . So let us see whether the government recognises the constitutional position or it will indulge in an adventurist action. It will be unconstitutional,” he had told reporters at the AICC briefing. An ordinance when the appeal is pending will be an adventurist action. The meeting will be attended by all organisations affiliated with the RSS , including BJP and VHP.Sangh’s prant prachar pramukh for Braj region, Keshav, who goes by his first name only, said, “All workers have been called for the meeting and a strategy will be formed for the December 9 rally, which is to be held in Ramlila Maidan in Delhi to impress upon the government to bring a bill and put pressure on the other parties to support it.”The VHP’s international joint general secretary, SK Jain, told TOI that any person who considers himself a “Hindu” will join this rally whether he is from VHP, BJP or any other political party or organisation.“We will hold the first three public meetings in Nagpur, Ayodhya and Bengaluru on November 25 and the final rally will be held in Delhi,” said Jain, adding that the demand is to introduce a bill related to Ram temple in the winter session of Parliament.“If nothing will come out, the final decision will be taken on January 31 in the Dharam Sansad in Allahabad,” he said.Amid a growing chorus from right-wing outfits for an ordinance on construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, BJP MP Rakesh Sinha on November 2 said he will bring a private member’s bill in this regard and asked opposition leaders including Congress chief Rahul Gandhi whether they will support it.Reacting to this, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram had said any ordinance by the government or a bill passed in parliament will be unconstitutional when the matter is sub judice.“In my view, to bring an ordinance would be unconstitutional..