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Kolkata, December 2

BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya has said that his party was not thinking of bringing an ordinance “as of now” for construction of the Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. He, however, asserted that it was only the saffron party that could construct the Ram temple at Ayodhya as “no one else has the guts” to do it.

According to him, the temple issue did “more harm than good” to the BJP as the matter was being used by the Opposition “to terrorise minorities and polarise votes”. “We would appeal to the court once again for a verdict on the issue (Ram Mandir). When a matter is in court, we should not be in a hurry and give it enough time to take a decision.

“But if people’s aspirations keep increasing, the government will have to take a call on it (whether to bring an ordinance or not). As of now, the party is not thinking of bringing in an ordinance on construction of the temple,” Vijayvargiya said.

The Supreme Court had recently declined an early hearing of petitions in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case. It had earlier fixed the case for the first week of January. Vijayvargiya, who is the BJP in-charge of Bengal, said the saffron party would wish to build the temple keeping the court’s decision and Constitution’s provisions in mind. — PTI