Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP) president Mahant Narendra Giri said that saints and seers of the country will meet in Ayodhya after the ongoing Kumbh Mela 2019.
Top saints and seers of the country will meet in Ayodhya after the ongoing Kumbh Mela 2019 gets over for the construction of a grand Ram Temple in the holy city, according to Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP) president Mahant Narendra Giri. The top seer of the Akhada Parishad also expressed his disappointment over the delay in the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya and slammed the Narendra Mod-led BJP government at the Centre for wasting four precious years after coming to power in 2014.
The remarks from Giri comes at a time when VHP working president Alok Kumar had triggered a row by saying that his organisation would consider backing the Congress party in the Lok Sabha polls if it includes the construction of Ram temple in its manifesto. Kumar, however, later retracted his statement. Issuing a clarification on Sunday, Kumar said that his statement was over-stretched.
"This is nothing but an over-stretching of my statement," Kumar was quoted as saying by news agency IANS. Neither are we considering to support the Congress nor will we do so in the future."
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1. Seers will meet in Ayodhya for construction of a grand Ram Temple
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"After the end of Kumbh Mela, we have decided that all saints will meet in Ayodhya and the construction of Ram Temple will start. BJP is not interested in constructing Ram Temple as they want to keep this issue alive for election," Narendra Giri, president of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad, told ANI.
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2. 'One lakh Naga sadhus to walk to Ayodhya after Kumbh'
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The ABAP chief had recently warned the authorities claiming that he along with one lakh Naga sadhus would walk to Ayodhya after Kumbh for the cause of temple as there was no definite solution to the issue was there.
“The Naga Sadhus and seers will camp in Ayodhya for a month. It will then be followed by the commencement of temple construction,” the Mahant said.
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3. ''Dharma Sansad' unlikely to reach decision on Ram Temple'
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Mahant Narendra Giri also expressed doubts over the fact that VHP's proposed 'Dharma Sansad' to be organised at the Kumbh Mela on January 31 would be able to take a concrete and firm decision over Ram temple issue. Giri also said that BJP is not interested in constructing Ram Temple as they want to keep this issue alive for election.
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4. VHP wants 'broad political consensus' on the Ram temple issue
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VHP working president Alok Kumar had triggered a row by saying that his organisation would consider backing the Congress party in the Lok Sabha polls if it includes the construction of Ram temple in its manifesto. Kumar, however, later retracted his statement.
"Neither are we considering to support the Congress nor will we do so in future," Kumar said. Kumar claimed that he was extending the offer to all the political parties fighting in 2019 and not specifically to the Congress. VHP wants a "broad political consensus" on the Ram temple issue, he added.
5. RSS gives 'Mandir by 2025' ultimatum
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has asserted that the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya should begin now so that it can be completed by 2025.
"We strongly want that this temple should be built in Ayodhya. It should be completed by 2025. Now, it is up to the central government to take a decision on it. If it begins today, construction will be completed in five years," RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi had told media on Friday.
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