Initiate steps to rebuild Ram Temple in Ayodhya: Swamy

Swamy said there should be a Ram Temple rebuilding committee on the Somnath temple model

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 23 2014 | 5:47 PM IST
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate steps to rebuild the Ram Temple in Ayodhya by 2016 and fulfil the party's commitment to the electorate.

In a letter to Modi, he has suggested appointment of a former Chief Justice of India like S H Kapadia as the executor who may liaise with a designated minister like Gen V K Singh.

The designated minister, Swamy said, may issue notice to the hereditary supervisor of Babri Masjid asking him to formally withdraw his claim to the Ram Janmabhoomi and offer him an alternative site for a masjid to be built at public expense across the Saryu river.

The former Minister also suggested calling a meeting of Islamic clerics including from abroad and seek an endorsement and if it is not forthcoming then Government should move an enabling bill in the Parliament and get it passed.

He wants a Ram Temple rebuilding committee on the Somnath temple model.
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First Published: Aug 23 2014 | 5:47 PM IST

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