SURAT: Former BJP national secretary, Sanjay Joshi , a bete noire of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday said Ram Mandir will be built in Ayodhya and that the BJP was committed on this.Joshi, who was in Vapi to attend a social function, congratulated Modi for providing good governance at the Centre since the past three years. He now seems to have become a big fan of Modi. Joshi has been praising the Prime Minister on social media forums since the Indian Army 's surgical strikes against Pakistan and the decision of the Central Government to scrap high value currency notes.The Supreme Court had recently ordered restoration of 'criminal conspiracy' charges against senior BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti in Babri Masjid demolition case. Reacting to this development, Joshi said, "During Ram Mandir agitation in Ayodhya, the then Congress government at the centre had framed false charges against the BJP leaders. They will prove their innocence."About the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections, he said, "The BJP government in Gujarat has done exceedingly well in the last five years. I will be working as a dedicated BJP worker during the assembly elections in the state."One of Joshi's supporters told TOI: "Though he (Joshi) has not said anything to us, he has been praising the Prime Minister's initiatives regularly and the top leadership is aware about it." There are rumours of Joshi, a RSS pracharak, making a comeback in the BJP during the assembly elections in Gujarat.

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