No agitation for Ram temple in Ayodhya till UP polls: Togadia

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) won’t launch any agitation to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya till assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh get over next year, its leader Pravin Togadia said on Tuesday.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) won’t launch any agitation to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya till assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh get over next year, its leader Pravin Togadia said on Tuesday.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia said no agitation will be launched for a Ram temple in Ayodhya till assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh get over next year. (Rishi Ballabh/ HT File Photo)

Togadia, however, said the VHP was committed to constructing a grand Ram temple at the site where the 16th century Babri mosque was razed in December 1992.

“(A) Ram temple in Ayodhya will be constructed. It is a fact,” he said.

VHP activists who brought down the Babri mosque built on its ruins a makeshift Ram temple, which is open to pilgrims. The VHP has always said it plans to erect a grand Ram temple there.

Togadia also lauded the Bihar government’s decision to impose prohibition in the state.