Despite Sangh pressure, Centre unlikely to bring ordinance on Ram temple

While Sangh Parivar affiliates continue to mount pressure on the Narendra Modi government for early resolution of the Ram Janmabhoomi issue, some of its key ministers on Monday indicated the Centre was unlikely to bring an ordinance on the issue.

It is, however, still unclear if the government might bring in a Bill in the winter session of Parliament for early construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Already, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha member Rakesh Sinha has expressed his intent to move a private members' Bill on the subject.

According to sources in the Congress, the party’s legal