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Mutual Consent The Best Way To Solve The Ram Temple Issue – Nitin Gadkari

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As the RSS and the VHP are pushing the government to bring an ordinance on the Ram Temple issue, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari had a diffrent view to tell. According to him, the Ram temple should be built in Ayodhya through mutual consent, and is not a “communal or religious” issue. The senior BJP leader also said that the issue is linked to India’s rich culture, heritage and history.

“Ayodhya issue is not a communal issue and is not religious as well. Lord Rama is symbol of our history, culture and heritage. It has been proven that temple was there. If Ram temple cannot be built at birth place in Hindustan then where should it be? Crores of people’s sentiments and desire is that Ram temple should be built there,” Gadkari said at a conclave by Aaj Tak news channel.

The minister said this sentiment was earlier also in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) agenda and remains at present as well.

“There are three ways for it – matter is in court, it can be through mutual consent or by any decision in Parliament through 2/3rd majority. But I believe it should happen through mutual consent. our fabric is ‘sarvadharma sambhav’. it should be based on this,” Gadkari, who holds several key portfolios in the Cabinet, said.

He said even large number of people in Muslim community are in favour of settling the issue.

“The matter is in (the) Supreme Court … they have the right to decide. I personally feel that the matter reached court as it was not solved at political level. If court tries to find out a way then it can find out a way……mutual consent is the way out and it can be solved,” the minister said.

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