Decision on Ram Temple Ordinance only after Supreme Court verdict: PM Modi

Ram Temple issue: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made it clear saying that an ordinance to build a Ram Temple in Ayodhya can only be considered after legal process gets over.

Ram Temple issue: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made it clear saying that an ordinance to build a Ram Temple in Ayodhya can only be considered after legal process gets over. (ANI)

Ram Temple issue: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made it clear saying that an ordinance to build a Ram Temple in Ayodhya can only be considered after legal process gets over. "After the judicial process is over, whatever will be our responsibility as a government, we are ready to make all efforts," PM Modi said. Speaking on the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case to the news agency ANI, PM also targetted the Opposition party and suggested that the judicial process was being slowed down because Congress lawyers were creating "obstacles" in the Supreme Court. The Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi case is slated to be heard in the Supreme Court on January 4 even as there has been a clamour for bringing an ordinance to build a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. When asked whether the Ram Mandir issue had been relegated as merely an emotive issue for the BJP, the Prime Minister said, "We have said in our BJP manifesto that a solution would be found to this issue under the ambit of the Constitution." The Prime Minister was asked why an Ordinance cannot be promulgated to facilitate Ram temple construction when a similar step was taken to ban instant triple talaq. In response, Modi said, “The triple talaq Ordinance was brought after the Supreme Court verdict, in the light of Supreme Court verdict.” He was referring to the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2017, banning the practice of instant triple talaq among the Muslims. Subsequently, the government issued an Ordinance and brought a Bill in Parliament. The Bill has been passed by the Lok Sabha and is before the Rajya Sabha. Watch Video-

#WATCH #PMtoANI on if an ordinance will be brought on Ram Temple like on Triple Talaq: Ordinance on triple talaq was brought after SC verdict,in the light of SC verdict. We have said in our BJP manifesto that a solution would be found to this(Ayodhya) issue under Constitution. pic.twitter.com/TZkHYdUjvv

— ANI (@ANI) January 1, 2019

Modi said, "Nobody can deny that those sitting in the governments in the last 70 years have tried their best to stall a solution to this (Ayodhya) issue". Targeting the Congress, he said it should "not create obstacles" and should let the judicial process to take its own course. "Don't weigh it in political terms," Modi said, addressing the Congress. "I beseech the Congress, for the sake of national peace and amity, they should stop its lawyers from stalling this (Ayodhya issue) in the court," he added. The Prime Minister said all lawyers, including the Congress ones, should jointly head to the court and ensure that there is an early judicial verdict. "In the court, Congress lawyers, who are creating obstacles, should stop. Let the judicial process take its own course," he said. (With inputs from ANI)