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Ram temple will be built in BJP's rule: Sakshi Maharaj
Lucknow/New Delhi, June 7
BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, who has stoked controversies in the past, said
on Sunday that a Ram temple will definitely be built at Ayodhya under a
BJP government.
Sakshi Maharaj, who is MP from Unnao adjoining
Lucknow, told journalists in the town that people should not doubt
intentions of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"We should not
doubt the intensions of BJP. It is certain that Ram mandir will be
constructed under the BJP rule. It may be built tomorrow or the day
after. We have completed just one year in power, four more years are to
go," he said.
The MP also said he was a product of the Ram temple
movement and the people in the movement had decided to back a party
which supported their cause.
"I am thankful to BJP that it
supported Ram mandir agenda. BJP had sacrificed its four state
governments on Ayodhya issue. So we should not doubt the intensions of
the party," he said.
"If Ram Mandir is not built under BJP rule,
will it be constructed under a Congress regime? Will (SP chief) Mulayam
(Singh Yadav) or (BSP leader) Mayawati build it?" he quipped
Sakshi
Maharaj was earlier served a show cause notice by the party for his
suggestion that Hindu women should have four children.
Reacting
to the statement, Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed said Prime Minister
Narendra Modi speaks of "being one" but his partymen keep speaking in
different voices.