Bagalkot (Karnataka), March 15
Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani said today
that he was confident that a grand Ram temple would be built at the “very birth
place” of Ram with the “cooperation and support of all”.
Into the sixth day of
his Bharat Uday Yatra since setting off from Kanyakumari, he changed the course
of his speech at a public meeting here and made reference to Ayodhya when a
section of the gathering demanded construction of the Ram temple.
Mr Advani
said the Ram temple would “definitely” be built and it is “in everyone’s heart”.
Along with the Ram temple, “we should also build a grand rashtra mandir and
Bharat Mata mandir”, Mr Advani said, emphasising that the people should join in
the nation building task to make India a superpower.
“I am confident that the
temple will be built at the very birthplace of Ram with the support and
cooperation of all”, Mr Advani said touring Karnataka for the fourth day today
as part of his yatra that would end its state leg at Humnabad in Bidar district
tomorrow.
Earlier, speaking to reporters at Hubli, he said an “enduring
solution” by way of a negotiated settlement of the vexed Ayodhya issue would
come about “within a short time after the formation of the new government”.
“My
interaction ... government’s interaction with sections involved in the matter
convinces me that within a short time after the formation of the new government,
there would be an agreement amongst the two communities for the resolution of
the issue”.
“It will be a negotiated settlement which will come about and that
has a great advantage over both — court verdict as well as resolution by
Parliament”, he said.
Mr Advani said there were three courses that were always
talked about.
“We have always felt that even if there is a court verdict, even
if there is a resolution by Parliament, the problem will not be sorted out
permanently. Agitations would continue whereas if there is an agreement after
negotiations, it would be an enduring solution”.
