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Lord Ram to return

in 2019 polls?

It requires no elaboration that taking refuge in issues like Ram temple indicates an obvious failure
of the BJP in addressing vital issues the country is currently facing, ANIL SINHA writes

ord Ram is going to play an sues the country is currently facing. In • Law flaw RSS may bring up an ordinance to
important role in the upcom- addition to collapse of institutions, the bypass the Supreme Court over temple row
ing polls of Lok Sabha. The country is faced with a challenging situ-
Bharatiya Janata Party and ation on economic front. Issue related
L its mentor RSS have started to security too demands an urgent at- However, the assumption that the
chanting his name with all vigor and tention, But, the Modi government is government may soon promulgate
they are likely to take up one or two embroiled in restoring its fast eroding an ordinance to build a Ram temple at
programmes that may continue up to credibility as the coordinator of a fed- Ayodhya has also some loopholes. It
2019 elections. The Sangh Parivar is eral polity as has been seen the case in would be hardly difficult for the people
also creating an atmosphere that may sending the CBI director on leave or in at the helm of affairs to anticipate the
give them an opportunity to bring up trying to dictate terms to Reserve Bank hostility which may arise in the judici-
an ordinance to bypass the Supreme of India. ary after the ordinance. The move itself
Court. Even if they do not come out may come under judicial scrutiny and
with an ordinance, the talk of it will mishandling may jeopardize the very
attract people towards the temple attempt that is aimed at polarizing the
issue. This is also to force the parties to The Bharatiya people. The open hostility generated
discuss the issue in ongoing elections Janata Party and its by the move may also adversely affect
of five state assemblies. The parties, the balance between the government
at least, Congress has understood the mentor RSS have and the judiciary. There Supreme Court
game plan and trying not to directly started chanting his could come out with some drastic steps
join the issue with the BJP. Other parties as well because Chief Justice Ranjan
are also maintaining the caution. It is name with all vigor Gogoi was one of the participants of the
another issue that avoiding confronta- historic press conference organized by
tion with the issue may not be the right and they are likely the four senior most judges to tell the
course of politics in a country like India to take up one or citizens of the country that the judicial
where Muslims constitute a sizeable autonomy of the country.
part of the population. It requires no two programmes The dilemma of the government
elaboration that taking refuge in issues that may continue was visible during debate on a national
like Ram temple indicates an obvious TV channel that was attended by the
failure of the BJP in addressing vital is- up to 2019 elections law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. He

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