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redress of doubt, other organisations in Varanasi. People have a huge should reconsider about Aditya Yogi
of your party like RSS and VHP are indignation. Don’t you think that in Nath?
questioning that the temple should the name of development, they are The party cannot run with RSS aide
be built. What will you do with that? playing with emotions? Gautam ji’s opinion. This is a party, not a
Understand one thing. Around 100 crore Not at all. Your question is not completely single person and it is not a party where
Hindus in the country want the temple based on facts. You have wrong informa- only a person will take all the decisions.
to be built. But what’s more important is tion and I want to tell you that what is We have a parliamentary board; our
how the temple should be built. There is happening in Kashi is historical work. party has an organisational structure.
a system in the country and under that None of the temples have been broken It might be Gautam’s personal opinion,
system the temple will be built. there. I want to tell you with full respon- but it is not the opinion of the Bharatiya
sibility that not even a single temple has Janata Party.
In Uttar Pradesh people are talking been broken. I take full responsibility of
that ‘the leaders are enjoying and this matter. Some people brought some In a cabinet meeting, the government
Ramlala is sulking’? Shivaling from a shopkeeper, who makes had decided to provide 10 percent
You people create such slogans. Such Shivaling, under political conspiracy reservation to the upper castes and
slogans are created in Delhi that does and put them there. People of Banaras it has been passed in the Lok Sabha
not have any concern with the public. came to know the truth later. If anyone too. What would you like to say about
We meet people every day. I think public will go to Banaras, he will know what is that?
does not raise such questions. People re- happening in Banaras and how much it For a long time, it was felt that those who
ally feel that Lord Rama’s temple should has changed. are financially weak, no matter which
be built in this country. We are also in caste they belong to or what is their so-
favour of this but the government will Veteran BJP leader Sanghpriya Gau- cial base, they should also get justice at
decide how it will be built. tam — one of your former ministers, some point of time. And I believe that
who was also a minister with Atal Be- this important and historic decision has
In the name of the corridor, 300 small hari Vajpayee and is close to RSS — has been taken after great thoughts. I con-
and big temples were destroyed openly written a letter that the party gratulate the Prime Minister and the

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