Building The Ram Temple in Ayodhya
Recently, BJP
President, Amit Shah expressed hopes that the ongoing movement for building the
Ram Temple in Ayodhya will result in “victory for culture”. He put extensive
emphasis on the fact that people’s sentiments are the driving force in the
smooth functioning of a democracy. In a democratic government, people’s
sentiments always win.
The issue gained new
flair when Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief, Mohan Bhagwat called for
building the Ram Temple in Ayodhya as soon as possible. He said that the
society was yearning for “justice” and this “justice” had to be served quickly
and deftly.
Amit Shah described
the Ram Janambhoomi movement as the biggest agitation in the history of the
great country of India, coming second only to the Movement for Independence. He
further added that this agitation touched all sections of society.
He also claimed that
the agitation of the people in order to reconstruct the Ram Temple in Ayodhya
has been going on since the original temple was demolished over six centuries
ago. Shah stated that this agitation will continue until the victory for
culture is achieved.
Ram Temple in Ayodhya
Mohan Bhagwat, in his
speech, made references to decades-old movement in support of temple-building
at the birthplace of Lord Ram. He said that failure in building the temple was
a denial of truth and justice. He added, as if in the form of a threat, that
promoting untruth and injustice causes violence. People’s devotion that had
existed for centuries was ignored and it would quite surely invite trouble.
On the last day of the
three-day RSS conclave, Bhagwat had strongly pitched for building the Ram
Temple in Ayodhya. He asserted that this would end tensions between Hindus and
Muslims.
On the other side of
the argument was Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari. He was not essentially
against the construction of the temple. What he claimed was that if a timeline
is drawn of the statements made by the BJP and RSS leadership on Ram Temple
from 1986-2018, it can be observed that they were made when an election was
near.
Whether the
building of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya is an election propaganda scheme or not
is a question of little consequence. The real agenda should be communal peace
and unity. If the construction of the temple can achieve that, almost every
upstanding citizen of a proud and secular India would be ready to back up this
proposition. But the question is how shall a place of worship for the Hindus
put an end to communal feeling persisting the minds of the many communities of
India? What do you think?
