We will build Ram temple at the disputed site: BJP leader Vinay Katiyar

Senior BJP leader Vinay Katiyar has said that come what may, they will build Ram Temple at the disputed site.

"Hum har halat mein wahan mandir (Ram temple in Ayodhya) banayenge," Vinay Katiyar told ANI.

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Earlier in January, he had also said that the Ram temple matter will always be alive and no compromise can be made over it as it is the party's basic issue. Since, his earlier remarks came in the backdrop of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, he had clarified that they shouldn't be connected with the elections. But, he had emphasised then too that Ram temple must be build in Ayodhya at any cost.  It is the basic issue of BJP and the party cannot leave it, he added.

"The Ram Mandir movement that was started by me 30 years ago became the base for the giant leap of BJP," Katiyar claimed. "There is no need to connect Ram temple issue with state elections but it is an old matter. It must be raised every time until the construction of the temple," he said.

Now, that BJP is in power in UP, with a hardline Hindutva mascot as the CM, Katiyar has come out in open again about the Ram temple issue.

Before elections, current Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya had also allegedly said a "grand" temple will be built in Ayodhya if BJP secures an outright majority. "Ram Mandir is a subject of faith. It is not going to be built in two months. The temple will be constructed after the elections. BJP will come to power with a full majority," Maurya had said.

(With PTI inputs)