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No option but to build Ram Mandir, says RSS leader

The Supreme Court had made clear in 1995 that Hindutva is a way of life, but people still talk about it as a narrow religious concept, says M Venkaiah Naidu

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VP Venkaiah Naidu and Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi on Thursday
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Even as the Supreme Court begins final hearing in the land dispute case of Ram Janmabhoomi–Babri Masjid, the second-in-command in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bhaiyyaji Joshi on Thursday declared that there was no option left but to construct Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.

Joshi was speaking at the launch function of a book Ashok Singhal — Staunch and Perseverant Exponent of Hindutva on the life of firebrand Hindutva proponent and former international president of VHP and crusader of Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi Movement, late Ashok Singhal.

Amid thunderous claps of saffron-clad audience in Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, Joshi said, "The Bhavya Divyata (divine intervention) of formation of a government that will uphold both niti (policy) and dharma (religion) happened in front of him (Singhal). Now there is no option left other than to construct Ram Mandir."

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, who was present as the chief guest of the event, too showered praises on late Ashok Singhal for his role in propagating the Ram Janmabhoomi issue across the world. Naidu said the book will serve as a useful guide for people who believe in Hindutva and those who want to know the way forward.

The VP added that the Supreme Court had made clear in 1995 that Hindutva is a way of life, but people still talk about it as a narrow religious concept.

Blurring the difference between Hindu and Hindutva, Naidu said, "Hindu is a dharma, a culture, a tradition in existence since the Adikal and the time of Vedas, and whether you call it Hindutva, Bharatiyata or Indianness...it is there and it believes in Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam (world is one family), Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava (equality of the destination of the paths of all religion) and Sarva Jana Sukhana Bahavantu (let all people be happy)."

Known for his tongue in cheek remarks, Naidu said it is an unfortunate that some people still feel reluctant in calling themselves a Hindu but than say so because of political reasons. He said he would not elaborate because he is on a constitutional position.

Swami Satyamitranand Giriji of Bharat Mata Mandir, Haridwar remembered Ashok Singhal as the chief motivator of Kar Seva (that culminated into the destruction of Babri Masjid).

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