Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said "a sky-high" Ram temple would come up in Ayodhya within the next four months. "The Supreme Court has given its verdict. Now, within four months, a sky-high temple of Lord Ram will be built in Ayodhya," Shah said during an election rally in Jharkhand on Monday.
Shah employed the Ramjanmabhoomi issue for election campaigning after the Supreme Court last month awarded the disputed Babri Masjid land for the Ram Lalla to construct a temple. It also ordered that a 5-acre plot be given to the Muslims in Ayodhya to construct a mosque.
Shah asked Congress leader Kapil Sibal why he sought to drag the Ram Janmabhoomi case in the Supreme Court. "Congress leader and advocate Kapil Sibal sahab said, 'abhi mat chalaye case, baad mein chalaye. Keon bhai, aap ke pet mein kyon dard hai' (take up the case latter, why do you have a stomach ache following the case)," Shah asked Sibal.
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On Monday, addressing a rally in Jharkhand's Pakur, Shah hit out against Rahul Gandhi and Hemant Soren. "Rahul Gandhi is asking why we are talking of Kashmir in Jharkhand. He is wearing Italian glasses, does not know youth from state shed blood on borders. Rahul baba and Hemant Soren ji, say why are you talking about Kashmir in Jharkhand? I'd like to ask you, don't you want to see Kashmir become an integral part of India? After abrogation of Article 370, Kashmir has become India's integral part forever," Shah said invoking the Kashmir issue against Rahul.
JMM's Soren thinks he can become Jharkhand chief minister, resting on shoulders of Rahul Gandhi, Shah said at the poll rally. The BJP president also hit out against the former state governments on issues of religion and trade in Jharkhand. "Forcible religious conversion had long been a problem in Jharkhand. Raghubar Das's government successfully implemented anti-conversion act," he said, adding, "Sahebganj in Jharkhand was trade corridor for Europe, Asia. Congress governments ruined all business avenues."
He added that Atal Bihari Vajpayee helped create Jharkhand, while Narendra Modi developed the state and buried naxalism "20-feet deep". The fifth and final phase of Jharkhand polls for sixteen seats will be held on December 20. Counting process has been scheduled for December 23.
