Consensus on Ayodhya difficult, but temple will be built: RSS
Stressing that a Ram Temple "and nothing else" would be constructed in Ayodhya, the RSS on Sunday said building a consensus on the dispute was not going to be easy. RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi also stressed that the matter was sub judice. He was speaking on the sidelines of the RSS's all-important Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha meeting.
Construction of temple would begin after Supreme Court's judgment: Joshi
Joshi said the construction of temple would begin after the Supreme Court's judgment and it would be built on the basis of its verdict on the ownership of land. "We have always maintained that the temple should be constructed with a mutual agreement but our experience tells us that building a consensus on this issue is not easy," Joshi said.
RSS welcomes Sri Sri's efforts at negotiations
Though the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader said he welcomed Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's efforts at negotiations, he pointed out that there were different groups in society with varied outlooks and to build a consensus among them would be difficult. Joshi was also asked about a demand for a minority religion status for the Lingayat community in Karnataka. "We do not support that," he said.
Next hearing in the Ayodhya dispute on March 14
The next hearing in the Ayodhya dispute, to determine ownership of the 2.77-acre Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi disputed land, is to come up before the Supreme Court on March 14. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices Ashok Bhushan and SA Najeeb of the apex court is hearing the case.
