Temple part of BJP manifesto, can’t run away from it: Swamy

New Delhi : Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections due in 2017, BJP senior leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said the Ram temple is part of the BJP 2014 manifesto, adding that it is the party’s obligation to the people to keep the promise.
“The Ram issue is a part of our manifesto in 2014, how can we run away from it? We have to deliver,” Swamy told ANI.
Swamy said the matter could not be resolved forcibly, but the Supreme Court needed to take some action as the matter is pending for the past six years.
“Now it’s time for the matter to be heard and disposed of and the Muslim party is also agreeable for the hearing. I am filing an application on this main matter seeking the court to issue notice to the government,” he said.
On Tuesday, the Congress accused the BJP of selling the name of Lord Ram to siphon off a victory in Uttar Pradesh. “The Congress has nothing to do with the BJP constructing a museum there (Ayodhya), or the Samajwadi Party organising things for the Ramayana mela. The BJP is selling the name of Ram in the wake of the coming UP polls,” said Congress leader DP Singh.
Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Katiyar, on the other hand, asked the BJP-led Central government to intensify its efforts to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya instead of giving ‘lollipop’ (Ram museum) to please the people, who are demanding the construction of the temple.