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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad today set a one-year deadline for beginning construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya and said it was prepared for any confrontation in the event of restrictions by authorities.
8216;8216;It has become very difficult to wait for the court verdict. We intend to begin the construction of the temple within a year and construction material is ready. We cannot wait any further,8217;8217; said VHP vice-president Giriraj Kishore at the national executive meeting here.
Asked whether it was a deadline or ultimatum to the government, he replied, 8216;8216;You are free to analyse and draw your own conclusion.8217;8217;
The building of the Ram temple was 8216;8216;overdue8217;8217; and figures high on the VHP8217;s agenda, Kishore said. 8216;8216;But unfortunately the BJP could not do anything during the previous NDA regime,8217;8217; he claimed.
Yesterday, VHP working president Ashok Singhal had said the outfit may launch a political platform to take up the cause of the Hindu samaj, including the long-standing demand for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya.
