Bengaluru: The International Joint Secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Surendra Kumar Jain, on Sunday said that Ram temple construction would begin next year. Jain was speaking at the Dharma Sansad in Karnataka where others also echoed his views.
“Ram temple construction will begin on October 18, 2018. Next Dharma Sansad will be held in Ayodhya," he said, speaking in the temple town of Udupi.
"The administration of a Hindu temple must be by Hindus only."
Jain’s statement comes two days after RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat raked up the issue stating that only a Ram temple would come up at the site. “The stones will be used to build only a Ram temple. No other construction would come up at that site," he had said on the inaugural day of the religious convention.
The statements of the leaders at the event are being closely monitored considering the state is gearing up for elections in 2018.
“RSS has maintained this stand all throughout. Bhagwat’s statement at this point could be seen as an attempt to consolidate Hindu votes," said Narendra Pani, a political analyst.
The Dharma Sansad, organized by the VHP, was loaded with controversial statements from different leaders on all three days. On Saturday, a senior Hindu seer had called for a demographic balance of Hindus by having more children.
“Every Hindu couple must have four children. Only then will our (Hindus) numbers be balanced. I have told this to several couples and they all have welcomed it," he said.
The convention, which is to conclude on Sunday, also had the leaders emphasizing “the need for cow protection".
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