New Delhi
\nUnion minister Uma Bharti said on Sunday although Hindus were the \u201cmost tolerant\u201d people in the world, any talk of constructing a mosque on the periphery of a Ram temple in Ayodhya could make them angry.<\/p>\n
The minister also invited Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to lay the foundation stone of the temple in Ayodhya with her, saying he would \u201catone for the sins\u201d of his party by doing so.<\/p>\n
\u201cHindus are the most tolerant community in the world. I will appeal to all politicians: please don\u2019t make Hindus intolerant by talking about building a mosque on the outer periphery of the birthplace of Lord Ram in Ayodhya,\u201d Bharti said.<\/p>\n
She said when there could not be a temple in the holy town of Medina or a mosque in the Vatican City, it would be \u201cunfair\u201d to talk about a mosque in Ayodhya.<\/p>\n
Describing the Ayodhya dispute as one of land and not faith, the firebrand Hindu leader said: \u201cThis is now only a matter of dispute of land, not dispute of faith. It has been resolved that Ayodhya is the birth place of Lord Ram\u201d.<\/p>\n
She also stressed the need for an out-of-court settlement of the contentious issue, and urged all political leaders\u2014including Gandhi, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, BSP leader Mayawati and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee to support this.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need support of all political parties on this issue. I invite all leaders including, Rahul Gandhiji, come let\u2019s lay the foundation stone of the Ram temple with me,\u201d Bharti said.<\/p>\n
By doing so, the Gandhi-scion could atone for the past sins of the Congress, which always created \u201churdles\u201d in building the temple in Ayodhya, she said.<\/p>\n
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh, Banerjee, Mayawati and the Left parties should support the BJP on this issue as it is of national interest, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut they aren\u2019t letting the matter get resolved. The Congress will have to quit the habit of dividing the country in the name of religion,\u201d Bharti said, reiterating that all political parties should unite on this issue.<\/p>\n
Bharti, who had participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement of the 1990s, said she was fully committed to the construction of Ram temple.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they tell me that Ram Mandir will be built only over my dead body, then so be it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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