Ram Temple row: ‘If ignored, Ram bhakts might erupt as volcano,’ warns Vinay Katiyar

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Katiyar was speaking in reference to BJP chief Amit Shah’s recent statement that the ruling BJP does not have adequate support in Parliament to address core issues like the Ram Temple. “We have not got enough mandate to address core issues. We need 370 seats, according to the Constitution, to address these,” the BJP president had said.

Earlier last month, Home Minister Rajnath Singh had said in Ayodhya that the government would not be able to enact a law on this issue since the NDA did not have a majority in Rajya Sabha.

Without mentioning Shah or Singh, Katiyar said the issue was pending since many decades and reminded that earlier governments led by V P Singh, Chandrashekhar, P V Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee had tried to solve the issue through dialogue between the two communities.

He also said “Ram bhakts” have many expectations from the present government in which BJP has a clear majority. “Vajpayee ji ne bahut kosish ki, lekin BJP ka bahumat nahi tha isliye bahut kuchh nahi kar paaye (Vajpayee ji tried his best but he was helpless because BJP had no majority on its own),” he said.

When reminded that the Narendra Modi government was elected not in the name of Ram Temple but in the name of good governance, development and fight against corruption, he said, “Is masle ko suljhana utna hi jaroori hai jitna arthik vikas karna. Supreme Court ke faisle ka intzaar kiye bina sarkar ko baatcheet aur kanoon ka sahara lekar mandir banwana chahiye (Ram temple is as important as economic development. Without waiting for apex court judgment, government should take steps to construct the temple through dialogue and legislation).”