Mohan Bhagwat sets BJP’s agenda

Mohan Bhagwat sets BJP’s agenda

FPJ News ServiceUpdated: Monday, June 03, 2019, 07:50 PM IST
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Jaipur: Days after the NDA notched an emphatic victory in the Lok Sabha elections, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has asserted, ‘‘Ram ka kaam karna hai, Ram ka kaam ho kar hi rahega’’ (Ram’s work needs to be done and Ram’s work will be done.)” He added that Lord Ram “resides in our hearts and we all need to be active and move ahead to realize our goals,” possibly implying that a grand Ram temple would be constructed at all costs at the site of the razed Babri mosque in Ayodhya. Sangh sources said with the BJP-led government set to take charge, Bhagwat is seeking to build pressure on it over the Ram temple construction, amidst a seeming impatience and unhappiness that the issue remained unsolved during the five-year rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Modi had avoided a direct mention of the issue after he came to power in 2014, except once in January this year when he, responding to a question in an interview, said the verdict of the Supreme Court will have to be awaited. The stand that a solution would have to be found legally did not go down well with the Sangh parivar and even the BJP ally Shiv Sena repeatedly questioned why an ordinance could not be promulgated on the temple, as was done in the case of ‘triple talaq’ to favour Muslim women.

Significantly, when he visited Ayodhya during the election campaign on May 1, his first as the Prime Minister, he disappointed the Sangh and Hindutva elements by not paying obeisance to ‘Ram Lala’ (the idol kept at the makeshift tent at the disputed site). He also skipped any mention on the construction of the temple at the disputed site, although he raised the slogans of ‘Jai Sri Ram’ while beginning his rally at Maya Bazar, which is about 26 km from the disputed site. The matter is currently before the Supreme Court which has appointed a three-member panel of eminent people to hold negotiations. Bhagwat’s statement evoked a sharp reaction from the Muslim clergy. Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, Imam of Eidgah and a well-known Sunni cleric, said: “It is not right to make such statements when the matter is in the Supreme Court. The mediation process is also on under the court supervision. Muslims are waiting for a decision and the Hindu leaders should also exercise patience. Such statements will only serve to create controversy and panic.”

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